Analysis of Book of Life
Somebody gave me a look at a book
With too many blanks in its pages
Something was given and something was took
That should have been passed through the ages
History repeats over and over again
And we're learning from fools and from sages
This is a story written of men
Who had to fight hard for their wages
The book that I saw had no beginning or end
Like an automobile with no guages
I wish I could describe it to you my friend
It was the story of life and its stages
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101101 111010110 1011001011 111111010 100011001001 0110110110 110101011 111111110 011111101011 11100111 11110111111 11010110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 457 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 374 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on June 11, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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