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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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