Analysis of Undoer
E. M. Duffy 1986 (Minnesota)
A snarl, curled, twisted strand.
The knotted, tangled twine.
It binds me that I cannot stand.
A means to loosen, sought to find.
It trips me that I cease to walk
It grips me at my place of peace.
Heart’s beat does slow to labored knock.
I beg you for unlaced release.
When freed from life’s confining mess
The mother’s arms do softly fold
A dreamless sleep in which we’re blessed.
Our lives now free of evil’s hold.
| Scheme | AXAX XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 011101 010101 11111101 01110111 11111111 11111111 11111101 1111101 11110101 01011101 0110101 101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on March 15, 2022
Submitted by ericd.07200 on April 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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