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 |
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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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