Analysis of Brigette



Grace abides in her eyes
desire swings with her hips
temptation rides the coy smile
that gently bends her lips

her hand rests lightly on my arm
my heart says drink your fill
hope and despair dance here and there
and make a tumult of my will


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 101001 0101101 0101011 110101 01110111 111111 10011101 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 233
Words 47
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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