Analysis of THE GREATEST GIFT

Jesus Betancourt 1955 (New York)



Won't be found under any Christmas Tree
Or deposited in your bank account
A gift free to give, resides inside you and me
It is LOVE, you can donate in any amount


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111010101 1010001101 011110101101 11111101001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 162
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 32

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What The World Needs Now

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Written on December 06, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on December 06, 2021

Modified on April 29, 2023

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