Analysis of Bead

Louise Gibbons 1975 (Southport)



Beads on your skin
As you
              Lift your body
  From
              The water.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Tanka  (40%)
Lanturne  (40%)
Metre 1111 11 1110 1 010
Characters 87
Words 13
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

Just a simple observation about something that goes un-noticed.

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Written on April 01, 2022

Submitted by gibbonslouise8 on March 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Louise Gibbons

Street person, lived many places. Slept on park benches. Currently residing in Whyalla. Artist in motion. more…

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