Analysis of Seagless version of myself

Shelbi Nicole Bennett 1990 (Lynchburg, VA)



My hair has gotten curlier as I've gotten older
I like to think that
Time is finally wearing down the sharpness,
The cracks of this heart
And I'm becoming softer,
A seaglass version of myself


Scheme ABCDAE
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111010 11111 11100101010 01111 0101010 011011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 191
Words 37
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Written on December 03, 2023

Submitted by shelbibennett27 on December 05, 2023

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