Analysis of Wounded
Fox Warren 1984 (Dublin)
Leave me your bruised lips
that I might join them with my own
lend me your battered hands
so that i might hold them softly by their finger tips
if all else falters and strands us both together
We one of a kind, bird of a feather
bequeath to me your weary heart
so that I might revive it to mine own beat
bind your tired limbs to me
so that I might fold
them to my will
let me find your feet with a tender kiss
and strand us both together
Permit me to surrender unto you
drink your fill
I will tell you of all I have seen
of lies and eyes of emerald green
that may strand us both forever
Scheme | AXXAB BXXXXCXB XCDDB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11111111 111101 1111111011101 111100111010 1110111010 01111101 11110111111 1110111 11111 1111 1111110101 0111010 0111010101 111 111111111 11011101 11111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Written on December 10, 2021
Submitted by FoxWarren on December 17, 2021
Modified on March 08, 2023
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