Analysis of Lonely (Tonight)



I'm lonely tonight
But these songs will keep me company
I'm lonely tonight
But verses lift my soul like a kite.

When the music turns off
And the wind goes down
I fall to the ground
So play it loud
Play it all night long


Scheme AxAa xxxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 11001 111111100 11001 110111101 101011 00111 11101 1111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 220
Words 47
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on August 12, 2023

Submitted by Astrid_Astérix on August 25, 2023

Modified by Astrid_Astérix on August 25, 2023

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