Analysis of The Dance



The last dance
Takes us miles apart
As I open my eyes
Only to realize I can fly
Like the birdie through the blue
Nature pelting it with colours new
You and me
We sew


Scheme ABCDEEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 011 11101 111011 10110111 1010101 10101111 101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 168
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Written on November 13, 2023

Submitted on November 13, 2023

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