Analysis of Tango
Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)
The technique of this tango
no instructor can give
this tango will last
as long as I live
Teenage posture stealthy, parallel
imperfect lines hid
you could never tell
trip of the foot
yet nailed a ten landing
deterioration
beyond understanding
My partner and I
synchronized perfected
still it happened I was infected
Now twenty eight
this Tango prolongs
even the moonlight
groans and yawns
My partner can’t let go
or dirt is worn sashes
if I dare let go
then I fall to ashes
Have you ever Tangoed?
while trying to crawl?
that is my life
death being stalled
Exhausting, draining,
hurts every stride
I don’t have a partner
no, my partner is I
Scheme | AXBX CXC XDXD EFF XXXX AXAX BXXX DXXE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 0011110 101011 11011 11111 1101010 01011 11101 1101 110110 01000 01010 11001 10010 111011010 1101 11001 1001 101 110111 111110 11111 111110 11101 11011 1111 1101 01010 11001 111010 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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