Analysis of Meechell's Lament
At night
I sit on edge and watch him sleep.
The wind blows moonbeams
In trickles past my curtains.
Part on his shoulders rest
seeking salt among the sweat.
He smiles at lunar touch.
Does he dream of cheese?
Smile in dreaming what, my love?
Mysteries or me?
I'll never know for all my knowing
you sleep and dream
and
I don't know you.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11110111 0111 0101110 111101 1010101 111101 11111 1010111 10011 110111110 1101 0 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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