Analysis of Little Shells
My heart is full
Full of the little shells
That you put into it
You open my hands
And kiss my palms
With your face
You are the sun
You
Only You
Always You
I will love you past today
tomorrow
and even forever.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHHHIJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 110101 111011 11011 0111 111 1101 1 101 11 1111101 01 010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 196 |
Words | 44 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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