Analysis of The Hidden



As I check back again today,
Another poem has run away,
Only last week was it there,
now the poem, it is bare.
Who has the right to do this thing
A hidden person, not seen by eye,
In front of a computer, they do spy,
An edit without saying why.


Scheme AABBCDDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 010101101 1011111 1010111 11011111 010101111 0110010111 11001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 51
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 184
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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