Analysis of Blind to Winter's Beauty
Blush stains my pale face,
your fury slaps me.
I inhale ice like knives,
your chill smothers me.
My skin breaks with a scratch,
your arid air drains me.
I cannot see your beauty
your ceaseless nights blind me.
| Scheme | ABCBDBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11011 101111 11101 111101 110111 1101110 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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