Analysis of When I Ask
I become a child
When I pray God
To fulfil my wish
It was,
It is
It will stay
And it is You,
Knowing that
You are not for me
It hurts.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 10101 1111 1111 11 11 111 0111 101 11111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 125 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 04, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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