Analysis of The Plain Truth
When we speak
I wish
Silently kissing
With my eyes
If only he knew
So there it is
The plain truth of it all
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 11 10010 111 11011 1111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 101 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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