Analysis of Live To Say Goodbye.
I'm born to live, but live to die
I can't stop the tears that I cry
Tidal waves forming in my eye
I have no apparent reason why
Don't tell me that I don't try
I try to be honest but can't help but lie
I'm longing for my last "goodbye"
Scheme | AAAAAAA |
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Poetic Form | Monorhyme |
Metre | 11111111 11101111 10110011 111010101 1111111 11111011111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 228 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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