Analysis of Irony
By the hand of the almighty, you shall sleep,
By the hand of the weak, you shall suffer.
Once given, it can be taken away.
In years, months, days or seconds.
Once taken, it can't be given back.
You can choose how to spend it.
Regret, joy, pleasure or pain,
The choice is yours.
But no matter what you choose,
It wins.
Two can play the game,
But only one can stay.
And in the end,
It's not you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010111 1011011110 1101111001 0111110 110111101 1111111 0111011 0111 1110111 11 11101 110111 0001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 414 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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