Analysis of Edge
Both of us
Together
Holding our
Breath.
The love has
Died and we're
Scared to death.
On the edge of
A perilous ledge,
Teetering on the
Brink,
Starting to sink.
We've both lied
We've both cried
Neither wants to
Be the first
To have emotions
Burst.
| Scheme | ABBCDECFGHIIJJKLML |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 010 1010 1 011 101 111 1011 01001 10010 1 1011 111 111 1011 101 11010 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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