Analysis of Couch surfer
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Too early to wake too late to sleep
Too sick to eat too well to starve
Too fast to speak too slow to be mute
Too invested to leave too absent to stay
Too rich to save too poor to be wealthy
Too slick to loose too steadfast to draw
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| Metre | 110111111 11111111 111111111 10101111011 1111111110 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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