Analysis of You don't know
You don't know
What it's like to steal
If you haven't stolen
You don't know
What it feels like to cry
If you haven't cried
You don't know
What it feels like to forgive
If you haven't been forgiven
You don't know
What it feels like to encourage
If you haven't been encouraged.
You don't know
What it feels like to die
If you never been reborn
You don't know
What it's like to live
Unless you appreciate
The life that died to give.
| Scheme | Axb Acx Adb axx Acx Axxd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 11111 111010 111 111111 11101 111 1111101 11101010 111 11111010 11101010 111 111111 1110111 111 11111 011010 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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People judge without knowing why they do.
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