Analysis of Listen
Mila 2002 (Belgrade)
Perhaps there are people
uglier than us,
wiser than us,
wilder than us.
Perhaps there are people with nothing but kindness in their hearts.
Maybe, or maybe not-
there are people who love stronger than us, smile wider, and hug tighter than us.
Perhaps there are families who don't gather around a fireplace on Sunday nights,
they will never read our favourite books
or slow dance to our favourite songs.
Maybe, or maybe not - there are countries
with nothing but happy people in their towns. Perhaps they are rich,
and drink only expensive wines.
Though maybe they would rather drink lemonade,
and share their school lunch.
Perhaps there are people
who don't love their mothers,
and whose fathers drunkenly swear-
or people who would trade
every last drop of expensive wine just to see their mothers again.
You see, only if you listen-
you will have a chance to understand.
All I'm trying to say is
listen to all you have,
and not only to what you wish to gain.
Scheme | AbbbcdbefghijklAmnkopqrst |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 011110 10011 1011 1011 011110110110011 101101 1110111011110011011 0111100111001010111 111011011 11111011 1011011110 1101101001101111 01100101 11011101101 01111 011110 111110 011011 110111 100111010111111001 11101110 11101101 1110111 101111 0110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 936 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 761 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 171 |
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Submitted on February 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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