Analysis of The Sleep Hold
when i sleep i hold you
i hold you tighter than i ever have before
and that’s because when i wake up it’s over
it’s over until i am once again holding you in my dreams
| Scheme | XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111101110101 01011111110 1100111101101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Written on August 08, 2023
Submitted by kellyangelica2005 on August 14, 2023
Modified by kellyangelica2005 on August 14, 2023
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