Analysis of I Paint with Words
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
A picture I can paint for you
Without a canvas near.
No tint or color come to view,
Yet magic will appear.
For those who let their minds take flight
And travel night and day,
A poet helps their second sight
In fascinating ways.
Come make believe, where daydreams live.
Imagine all is true.
Just leave behind your chains and give
Your mind to something new!
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Pantoum |
| Metre | 01011111 010101 11110111 110101 11111111 010101 01011101 01001 1101111 010111 11011101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 358 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on July 06, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 06, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 06, 2023
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