Analysis of Once upon a time



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Do you, love to do
When the stars quicken and pant
The brightest of all?
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Remember, fair Star?
When the skies rained, disheveled
‘Pon a thirsty lark
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Scheme ABC DEF
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1 11111 1011001 01011 1 1 01011 1011010 10101 1 1
Characters 150
Words 33
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on December 18, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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