Analysis of I want to be happy
Why am I so unhappy?
Why do i always cry?
Sometimes i sit and wonder.
I'm always crying
every night and day.
I cry over everything.
I cry just because.
I cry because i'm sad.
I cry because i hurt.
I prayer you don't walk way
from me.
| Scheme | ABCDEDFGHEA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 11111 0111010 1110 100101 111010 11101 110111 110111 111111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on January 15, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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