Analysis of Life
Life
Balls bounce
Eggs break
Hearts crack
Omelettes make.
Spiders bite
Bee's sting
Spirits crash
Monkeys swing.
Milk sours
Toast burns
Bodies smash
Butter churns.
Hearts crack
Spirits crash
Bodies smash
In a flash.
| Scheme | xxaBa xcDc xeDe BDDd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11 11 11 11 101 11 101 101 110 11 101 101 11 101 101 001 |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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