Analysis of The arrow



Like an arrow, slicing through the air,
with speed, piercing skin with a sharp arrow head,
dappling the ground with blood.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 111010101 11101101101 10111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 127
Words 26
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted by liamh.67987 on February 08, 2023

Modified on April 24, 2023

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