Analysis of I Know Me Best



Why
Do others always think
They know more about me
Than I do?
Why
Do others always think
They’re more intelligent
Than me about myself?
Why
Can’t I just be
Happy for once?
It’s driving me
Completely insane!


Scheme ABcdABefAcgch
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11011 111011 111 1 11011 110100 11011 1 1111 1011 1101 01001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 218
Words 47
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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