Analysis of Pride

François Giroux 1982 (Canada)

Pride is not our own
It is the chalice we drink
Then share with the world

Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 111101 1101011 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 71
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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