Analysis of Sensory Memory
The smell of rain, the smell of snow,
the smell of fresh cut grass;
the smell of cane, the smell of dough,
the smell of grill fried bass
in memory amass.
The noise of din, the croon of tune,
the drone of killer bees;
the noise of tin, the croon of coon,
the drone of legal pleas
in memory unfreeze.
The feel of pelt, the feel of fleece,
the feel of Chinese silk;
the feel of felt, the feel of grease,
the feel of curdled milk
in memory release.
The taste of pie, the taste of wine,
the taste of good ice-cream;
the taste of rye, the taste of brine,
the taste of blue-gill bream
in memory redeem.
The sight of land, the sight of sea,
the sight of mountain ash;
the sight of sand, the sight of lea,
the sight of lightning flash
in memory unlash.
Scheme | ABABB CDCDB EFEFE GHGHH IJIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 01110111 011111 01110111 011111 010001 01110111 011101 01110111 011101 01001 01110111 011011 01110111 01111 010001 01110111 011111 01110111 011111 010001 01110111 011101 01110111 011101 01001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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