Analysis of An Echo or a Voice?
Why don't you want to be yourself
And show what you can do?
Don't hide away upon a shelf
As if your life was through.
Don't worry if the others care
About your personal style.
It's not your job to please them where
They say is not your style.
Please be a voice that's loud and clear!
Don't just repeat their words,
Or be an echo filled with fear.
Please make yourself be heard!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11111101 011111 11010101 111111 11010101 0111001 11111111 111111 11011101 110111 11110111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 379 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Be true to yourself!
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Written on April 28, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 28, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on April 28, 2024
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