This is an analysis of Whispered Intimacies by Meena Kandasamy.

And I got your words
Today.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX bc ad cbef geha gbia dXgh fahigbh eXhXahaf
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,4,4,4,4,7,8,
  • Metre: 11111 01 101010 01 101 1101 101100 110111 11110 010 1010010 110010 101110 1 10011100 100011 11010 100 10010100 11011 01110 1 101001 11101 1101 10100 100010 10110 10 0101 101000 111011 010111 111010 11110 010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 36