Analysis of Body of Salt
The sea
With Her body of salt
Beckons me
To Her seething vault
Within
Her folds of foam
My white tendril
Fingers roam
Within
Her deep blue breast
I drown
With all the rest
For She
Was never thine
Nor was She
Ever mine
| Scheme | ababCdedCfgfahah |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 101011 101 10101 01 0111 111 101 01 0111 11 1101 11 1101 111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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