Analysis of Tiny Bells
I like the sound of bells
Especially the tiny ones
Hanging on braided thread in the doorway
Barely sounding as I pass
Their essence swept away
Not to be hushed
But always diminishing
Like a plucked string
Melting relentlessly
Becoming still
Scheme | XX AX AX BB XX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 110111 0100101 101101001 1010111 110101 1111 110100 1011 100100 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 244 |
Words | 45 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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