Analysis of but i didn't know
Once I live on an island
where the sweet papaya grow
and we ate our breakfast
down by the sea
and the world was a mess
but i didn't know.
I once was a nymph in a fairytale
and i lived in a waterfall
then there was a war
but my radio broke
and i had no idea at all
Once I lived in a magical place
some damned thing lured me away
lights may shine again from my face
but one went dim and forever that day
Scheme | XAXXXA XBXXB CDCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 1010101 0111010 1101 001101 11101 111010010 0110010 11101 11101 011101011 111001001 1111101 11101111 1111001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 392 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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