Analysis of Misunderstood
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Is my lust for you too hot?
When I lick and nibble on your neck,
With it to do nonstop.
While you moan as the bed rocks!
And you ask...
'Are we making love?
Or just having sex?'
'Hmmm...
I never thought about the difference.
Maybe,
We should think about that more.'
'You know...
Before?
We kept our boots on to knock them!
And I now remember,
That was lust and not love.
But hot!'
'And the boots?
I forgot all about them.'
'So did I.'
'Perhaps we both misunderstood,
What the making of love is!'
'I wonder.
Suppose we both come to agree,
What love for us is meant to be.
Would we then choose to wear our boots?
Or would it make a difference,
As to who first does the more moaning?'
'Mmm.
Let's have a cup of coffee and discuss this.'
'Yeah.
I think we should.
Scheme | AXXXXBX CDEF XFCGBA HC X IX GEEHDX CX XI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 111010111 11111 1111011 011 11101 11101 1 1101010100 10 1110111 11 01 111011111 011010 111011 11 001 1011011 111 0111001 1010111 110 01111101 11111111 111111101 11110100 111110110 1 11011100011 1 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 6, 2, 1, 2, 6, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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