Analysis of A Palidrome Of Love
Sorrow shadows joy.
Events, sad and unforeseen,
Drive tears, break hearts,
Hurt undeserving lovers.
Darkness or sunshine?
Sorrow or joy?
Lovers undeserving hurt,
Hearts break, tears drive
Unforeseen and sad events,
Joy shadows sorrow.
| Scheme | AXXX XA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1011 011001 1111 101010 1011 1011 100101 1111 010101 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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