Analysis of Metamorphosis
Once I was a skinny girl,
But now, I am a fat and muscular woman.
I used to think, but now I know
This is how I would eventually be.
I used to fear, but now I worry
That being fat is not so good for me.
I used to wish, but now I pray
That I would once again be skinny.
Barbara A. Cadogan © 2000
| Scheme | XXXAAAXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 111101010010 11111111 11111010001 111111110 1101111111 11111111 111101110 1000001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on April 23, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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