Analysis of Graveyard
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
For the ones
Who departed
And said
Their goodbyes.
Now
In the silence
I hear
Their last words.
My heart is heavy
With sorrow
And memories
That are too real.
In this solemn place
I bid my adieu.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 1010 01 11 1 0010 11 111 11110 110 0100 1111 01101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 203 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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