Analysis of I can't be Pandora

Shelbi Nicole Bennett 1990 (Lynchburg, VA)



When wanting the best for me
Means the end of you
Trying to try up all my loose feelings
Into a bow
Instead of this knot in my chest
Into a box
That stays shut


Scheme ABCDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 1100111 10111 1011111110 0101 01111011 0101 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 160
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Shelbi Nicole Bennett

I write mostly haiku. A few syllables At a time is all my heart can withstand at once more…

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