Analysis of Crying for Help



If anyone can hear me,
If anyone is near,
Can somebody please help me?
My voice is hoarse,
I cannot speak.
My silent cry
Cannot be heard
Because I am too weak.


Scheme ABACDEFD
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 11011 110111 1111 1101 1101 1011 011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 159
Words 37
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on January 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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