Analysis of Of Om



I've dismissed some greater songs
and demured more gorgeous women
Told my heart's out for the others
and blessed less for what they've driven

Asked myself for what they've said
and told whiners to go home
Acted much like I was happy
and blessed acts like that of om


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1011101 0111010 11111010 01111110 111111 0110111 10111110 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 258
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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Written on July 18, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on July 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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