Analysis of Listen
I should not have to scream,
I shouldn’t even have to shout,
I should just be able to whisper,
For you to here what I am talking about,
No I will not argue,
No I will not shout back,
For I will not give you the chance,
To tell me what I lack.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1110111 111110110 11111111001 111110 111111 11111101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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A short poem about a child needing to be heard.
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