Analysis of Ode to the Bed
Steel Frame
I lean my heavy head upon
Softest feathers between
You hold me up
Yet let me rest
I call you my King
Wrapped in warmth
I hear the silence
Breathing
Understanding comfort
I release the floods
You dry the rain
Soaking moonlight
Through polished sand
You form my dreams
I drift and float
In a dark deep ocean
You greet me at the harbor
In a swirl
of sheets
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHFIJKLMNOPQRS |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (55%) Etheree (45%) |
| Metre | 11 11110101 101001 1111 1111 11111 101 11010 10 01010 10101 1101 101 1101 1111 1101 001110 1111010 001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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