Analysis of Marionette
A puppet on a string,
A fragile heart,
Hardly able to beat.
Innocent hands,
Tipped with power.
You dont know your control,
How much I would do,
For you.
Please don't leave me,
A lifeless puppet on a string.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGHA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 010101 0101 101011 1001 1110 111101 11111 11 1111 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 197 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on April 02, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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