Analysis of May



A friendly smile from passing stranger
- a blessing gift for the first day of May
air filled with joy, not stressful anger
why can't I experience that every day


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010111010 0101101111 111111010 111010011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 160
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on May 01, 2023

Submitted by Berxiton on May 01, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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