Analysis of Nests
The morning dew coats
paper-thin eggs nestled safe
in thicket,
and down on the south end of heaven
blankets warm
are peeled aside.
He watches the curtain play
across the shadows that jerk,
then slither, into
ripped wallpaper edges.
He's alone in the beginning,
alone in the end, left
only with the ache of a limb long ago cut off.
| Scheme | XXXXXX XXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 1011101 010 011011110 101 1101 1100101 010111 11001 11010 10100010 010011 1010110110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 318 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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