Analysis of To See, Hear, Feel, And Love
Do you need to open your eyes
to see?
Do you need to have the words spoken
to hear?
Do you need to pierce beneath the skin
to feel?
Do you need to first understand
—to love?
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 11 111110110 11 111110101 11 1111101 11 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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