Analysis of The Box
Distorted view
Of what I know is true
Life to myself
Keep the truth in a box
On my top closet shelf
Lock the door
Incinerate the key
No one here needs to see
That a once happy girl
Has turned into a woman like me
| Scheme | AA BXB XC CXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0101 111111 111 101001 111101 101 01001 111111 101101 110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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