Analysis of You
You are the rays of sunshine
Which pierce the darksome clouds,
Promise of lasting brightness
'Mist heaviness that shrouds.
You are my gayest hours,
My happiness, my mirth,
The wondrous blessing showers
Which fed my love from birth.
Scheme | X A X A B C B C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 11011 1011010 1111 111110 110011 0101010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 224 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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