Analysis of Fleeting



A fleeting moment,
It doesn't stay,
Tears wash away,
with all its might,
and reaching hope,
it shall long for you,
yet it shall pass too.
A fleeting moment it all is.


Scheme ABBCDEEF
Poetic Form
Metre 01010 1101 1101 1111 0101 11111 11111 01010111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 167
Words 39
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on April 24, 2022

Submitted by Solacethepoet on June 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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