Analysis of Île d’amour
Fiona Mulli 1999 (Nairobi)
The fragrance of lavender and sampaguita was
everywhere, drifting on the afternoon breeze
filling my nostrils and my dry throat.
The ice in my drink clinked out a melody and
waved to me, my other half sat on the balcony
he turned his head to me as I approached
I leant down and kissed his warm lips
he stood up and I kissed him again.
He met my gaze and smiled then looked down
At his lap, my eyes wandered to his
short and button down shirt. He looked
appealing to my eyes.
His arms aroused me or was it the cooling
Air or at the knowledge of my gaze.
I felt no shame as I gazed upon him
He looked up at me with hypnotizing eyes
His eyes said our drinks could wait awhile
I took his hand and allowed him to lead the way.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOLPQ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101100011 101010011 101100111 010111101000 1111101110100 1111111101 110101111 111011101 111101111 111111011 10101111 010111 11011111010 111010111 1111111011 11111111 1111011101 111100111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 567 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 146 |
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Written on February 08, 2022
Submitted by fionakendi26 on September 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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