Analysis of Words
Once there was a young girl
Shy, reserved and in love with words
Fascinated, enthralled by what it offered
Hoping more than anything to be heard
Feelings from the heart kept silent and dormant
Found solace in words that freed them
Hopes and dreams of youth and of age
Expressed, rooted rather than caged
Time passed by and life happened
Burdened, shackled and restrained
Words were buried, kept hidden away
Boxed in, sealed and left unopened
Seasons changed and gray hair abounding
Words called out again, unrelenting
Breathing life to embedded desires
Lighting up dreams that never expire
| Scheme | XXAA XXXX BXXB CCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 10100111 1000111110 101110111 10101110010 11001111 10111011 01101011 1110110 1010001 101011001 10101010 101011010 11101010 1011010010 101111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 592 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Rediscovering my love for poetry again
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