Analysis of PIECES
Richard Allen Grey 1971 (WV)
This pain is a part of life.
The seed of breath.
The bricks that build the wall,
that hold at bay your death.
This love is part of life.
moments that steal breath away.
The bricks that build the wall,
that hold your life at bay.
| Scheme | abCb adCd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1110111 0111 011101 111111 111111 1011101 011101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on May 03, 2022
Submitted by rickgreyate04 on May 04, 2022
Modified by rickgreyate04 on May 26, 2022
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