Analysis of Going for the Exhale:



Woke up it’s hard to breathe. Why even go
 for the exhale. Doesn’t matter anymore
What is the purpose of trying if everyone
just thinks you're lying? Nobody cares
What happens to you. Why keep treading
If there is no more track to continue. Exhale.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 100111001 11010110110 1111011 110111110 111111101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 249
Words 45
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 194
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted by JustBreathe on January 30, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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