Analysis of My vowel is your word



I speak boldly mute,
A dead man without tell.

A burning hell of thoughts,
A mourning of what I wish for-
but, for what I am naught.

For I am what you say,
Why would I be anymore?
Perhaps any less.


Scheme XX XAX XAX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 011011 010111 01011111 111111 111111 111101 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 189
Words 41
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by unknown_r on February 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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