Analysis of To be Quiet



Open your eyes
Look at me
I am a great woman
But I am a quiet person
Don't let my constance mislead you
I am not uneducated or uncouth
I am from a very old place


Scheme ABCCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 111 110110 11101010 11110011 1110100111 11101011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 155
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Seema Tabassum

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