Analysis of Mannequin
Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)
Spewing words to dead velcro
eyes blink back the sting
an invisible sting
Angry waves flutters by headlights
anybody home?
Tore out my heart
dripping language of tears
yet silence is the mother tongue
Your head slants
meeting your shoulders
wires disconnected
did they ever spark?
Spark,
like the kind your eyes lack
the kind your mind can’t comprehend
the spark that’s stabbing my heart
| Scheme | XAA BX CXX BXXD DXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011110 11101 101001 1011011 10001 1111 101011 11010101 111 10110 10010 11101 1 101111 0111101 0111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 395 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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