Analysis of Far



He wanted to be
An astronaut when
He grew up;
To go far and
Visit every star.
But then he found
Out he was
Afraid of heights;
It totally turned
Out his lights.
Now he gets in
Lots of fights,
And stays awake
Most nights.
Usually, he just sits
Around and writes.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIHJHKHLH
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1101 111 1110 101001 1111 111 0111 11001 111 1110 111 0101 11 1000111 0101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 245
Words 52
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 201
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted by g_d on July 03, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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