Analysis of Say
In the world we live in today,
Everyone's afraid to say.
Say what they really feel,
Their mouths have a seal.
But why? There is no fee,
Words can be spoken for free.
Always end up feeling haunted,
By not saying what was wanted.
So say, say, say!
Say away.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 00111001 100111 111101 11101 111111 1111011 1111010 11101110 1111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 246 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on December 29, 2013
Modified on March 10, 2023
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