Analysis of Imagine



Imagine, I'm laying in your bed. Beneath your covers.

On your pillow.

In your arms.

Imagine, you press your thumb to

my lower lip, and you can hear my heart

beating like a hammer.

You remake my ribcage with your fingertips, and

you teach me a new language with your mouth.

You touch me with intention.

Imagine, I let you. I uncurl.

Moonlight filters in through the window and pours over us. That silky-white illumination is reflected in your eyes and it touches

you so softly, I could scream.

And the exquisite truth of it all is,

that if you ever did get to touch me,

I think I would die.


Scheme X A X X X X X X X A X X X X X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01011001101110 1110 011 01011111 1101011111 101010 1111111100 1110110111 1111010 01011111 11001010011011101001010100110110 1110111 0010011111 1111011111 11111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 603
Words 135
Sentences 12
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Written on 2016

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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