Analysis of This is the place
Far, that's all that I could say, it was far, far away,
Far from civilizations where children play.
For this was a place full of misery,
For if you were here, a long time you would be.
This is the place where if you were a Jew,
You would be taken to feel nothing but blue.
This is the place of black and grey,
This is the place of misery all day.
This is the place of more than just misery,
This is the place of lots of mystery.
This is the place where no help was to come,
This is the place where friendships where undone.
This is the place where the birds go quiet,
This is the place of a daily riot.
This is the place that was vile and rotten,
This is the place that will not be forgotten.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111101 1100101101 1110111100 11101011111 1101111001 11110111011 11011101 1101110011 11011111100 1101111100 1101111111 1101110101 1101101110 1101101010 1101111010 11011111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 695 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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