Analysis of Girlfriend (2 takes)



A metronome, in my heart
Beat beat beat, whenever we meet.

She blows, hot and cold
heart of stone
heart of gold.


Scheme XX AXA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 01011 11101011 11101 111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 108
Words 22
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 3
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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