Analysis of Intrusive
Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)
It’s real
its power daunting
Its darkness hides behind light
Danger coexists flirtatiously
laughs and plays well with others
Feel the welcome mat beneath her feet disintegrate into the ground
truth is not wanted here
Slamming doors behind her
releasing secrets to the wind
tasting the salt impairing perfect vision
fingers tracing her bare bumps so smooth
Tugging at everything
tugging at nothing
memorizing the size of her fingers
Memories fade into what she thought she knew
mirrors don’t lie,
but do they?
| Scheme | ABX AC XX XXXX BBC XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11010 1101011 1011 1011110 1010101010100101 111101 101010 01010101 10010100110 101001111 10110 10110 100011010 10010111111 1011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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