Analysis of Despaired = Hopelessness
Paul Hicks 1964 (Chicago)
Lonely is not knowing the difference
between a crowded room or an empty
one.
loneliness is not really caring either way
which = Hopelessness
Awaken by a Loss of hope.
| Scheme | XXX X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011100100 0101011110 1 100111010101 1100 01010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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