Analysis of Thinking of you
Tanya Harris 1973 (Michigan)
As the stars glare through my window
I lay awake thinking of you
Thinking about all the times you told me you loved me
When all along you were just using me
Using me for my love and affection
| Scheme | ABCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10111110 11011011 1001101111111 1101101101 1011110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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