Analysis of Why
There ae days
that you don't know what to do
smiles and laughter
are far and few
Is there really a point
to all of this
or is reality
just amiss
Days get harder
as they pass
do you stand up
or have peace alas
Nobody notices
the pain you in
or they ignore it
and expect you to grin
Why is there not
one person to care
to help lessen the load
you always bare
Is it because
it is not them
and you are nothing more
than a broken stem
Does anyone
truly care
if you were
never to be there
If you know the answer
please do tell
many people have
fallen deep into the well
Some will never
get out
because that's
what it seems to be about.
Scheme | XABA XCXC BDXD XEXE XFXF XGXG XFBF BHXH BIXI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111 1111111 1010 1101 111001 1111 1110 101 1110 111 1111 11101 1100 0110 11011 001111 1111 11011 111001 111 1101 1111 011101 10101 110 101 110 10111 111010 111 10101 1010101 1110 11 011 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on February 24, 2021
Modified on May 03, 2023
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