Analysis of Tell Me
Tell me of your bones broken-
And let me caress the scars.
Tell me about your addiction to nicotine,
and how you crashed your mother's car.
I must admit- I'm a talker,
We both know that it’s true;
But often I like it better
Listening a bit
to you.
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 1111110 0110101 11011010110 01111101 11011010 111111 11011110 10001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
About this poem
A poem about a quiet person and a loud person in love.
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Written on February 22, 2019
Submitted by alicia.rutherford14 on June 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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