Analysis of A Pathetic Sight



Do I deserve it?
I am scared of the answer.
I shiver like a child,
Weak, pathetic,
Desperate.
Desperate to be worthy.
Yet I am scared that he will answer yes.
Out of distant politeness and,
Even more,
Close intimacy.


Scheme ABCDAEFGHE
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1111010 110101 1010 10 101110 1111111101 11100100 101 11000
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 217
Words 49
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted by DaisyMMontgomery on October 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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