Analysis of The Phase
It is a slow phase
very steady sans chase
goes in measured pace
never in a frenzied race
that is full of grace
there is no daze
just a prized place
nice without a glaze.
| Scheme | ABBBBABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 101011 10101 1000101 11111 1111 1011 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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