Analysis of Speak
Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)
How many poems did you trash,
delete, or second guess?
Words have meaning,
They hold power,
To shape and mold,
To think and unfold,
Do not be reckless in what you speak,
For there is power in your words
| Scheme | ABCDEEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 011101 1110 1110 1101 11001 111100111 11110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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