Analysis of Be You



If I really cared what people 'really' think of me,
then I just wouldn't be me...!
Be you,
not who people think you should be;
you can't be them,
and they cant be you...!


Scheme AABACB
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111010111 1111011 11 11101111 1111 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 165
Words 34
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on April 16, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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