Analysis of Maybe



Maybe we’re just not meant to be.
Maybe you were born to be wild and free.
Maybe your heart can never be tame.
Maybe to you it’s all a game.
Maybe in another space and time.
Just maybe, I hope you will be mine.


Scheme AABBCD
Poetic Form
Metre 10011111 1010111101 101111011 10111101 100010101 110111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 209
Words 44
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Written on August 10, 2021

Submitted on August 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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