Analysis of Name and Face
We often forget a name
We seldom forget a face
Letter sounds are lame
Features the mind can trace.
Scheme | A B A B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100101 1100101 10111 100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 95 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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