Analysis of Friends or enemies



My life is bitter and saddened by
The mirth of remorse but alas
The serpent that cringes on my back
Slithers away as if a combat
I remember you.
You are the serpent I ever had??


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 111100101 01101101 010110111 10111010 10101 110101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 178
Words 38
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on December 23, 2023

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