Analysis of My brother, my friend



My brother, my friend,
Hmm,
Where to begin...

When we were young,
Crazy and dumb,
We sure had a lot of fun!

We grew up,
And apart,
Neither one of us were to smart!

Look at us now,
All grown up and living our lives,
Much more wise!


Scheme XAX XAX XBB XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1 1101 1101 1001 1110111 111 001 10111011 1111 111010101 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 228
Words 49
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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