Analysis of Life: An arrow
Life is an arrow
Leads to the end through its means.
Wind and its deeds try to blend the arrow
And it may fall down before the end.
Past; the strength of the strings,
and force applied flew the arrow to the goal.
For the nice flight, we must be aware of sight
| Scheme | A X A X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 1101111 1011111010 011110101 101101 01011010101 10111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on June 16, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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