Analysis of Slow Dance
The world forever stands still
Nothing has ever changed
Everything is a blend in time
A slow never-ending burn
Change is only an illusion
Why walk when you can dance
It seems we all walk through the week
Why do we fear that slow dance
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0101011 101101 1010101 0110101 11101010 111111 11111101 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on February 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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