Analysis of Blunt Instruments



Your Precious
keepsakes,
trinkets,
memories
all boxed away.
Your lace scarf
glided to the floor,
as you sliced deeply
in to a watermelon.
It bled on the kitchen table,
as easily as you dissected my heart


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 110 1 10 100 1101 111 10101 11110 010100 11101010 11001101011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 193
Words 36
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on March 25, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David F Kent

Writing poetry from an early age, as well as lyrics for songs and composing music, David Kent has always enjoyed the creative pursuits. He is currently in a rock band called "Velvet Razor" (VelvetRazor.com) whose music is available on Amazon, itunes and spotify more…

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