Analysis of broken wings
as i was sleeping
i heard you cry
i ask you
angel ,from the sky ,why do you cry?
i won't tell you a lie
the reason i cry is because
my wing is broken and i can't fly
and i can't get to heaven and i might die
| Scheme | ABCBBDBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 1111 111 101011111 111101 01011101 111100111 01111100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on August 24, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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