Analysis of Hold On



I'm falling off a cliff
and i cant seem to get a grip
i look down
i begin to drown
in my tears
for i see my fears
how do you hold on to a cliff?
if things could change, only if
im done hanging on
im going to let myself drop
its so hard to be looked upon and be forgot
and know that things are going downhill
i look down again and i see the water so still
ready to catch me if i fall
maybe it doesnt matter after all
now i realize i can let go
now i know


Scheme ABCCDEAAFGHIIJJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 01111101 111 10111 011 11111 11111101 1111101 11101 1101111 111111010101 011111011 1110101101011 10111111 101110101 11101111 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 437
Words 103
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 348
Words per stanza (avg) 103
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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