Analysis of To be Quiet
Being quiet is a boon
It makes you swoon
You feel like a gay bird
Up,UpandUp,you will be heard!
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1010101 1111 111011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 92 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 10, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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