Analysis of Everybody's Had A Past
had a past.
Even if forgiving
has been cast.
There is no reliving
that will last.
In spite of misgiving
comes too fast.
| Scheme | A B A B A B A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 101010 111 111010 111 011010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 13 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 3 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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