Analysis of Perfect



I've never been perfect--
you all know that's true.
I have many regrets
that have haunted me, too.
I had hoped that my sins
were forgiven by those
who were hurt by my ignorance,
but I suppose
that's too much to ask
from those whose perfection
excludes them from feeling
the pain of rejection.
I long to be perfect,
I know it's a dream.
I cannot acheive it--
or so it would seem.
My sympathies to those
who cannot forgive.
They don't have the grace
to "live and let live."


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIHAJKJELMN
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 110101 11111 111001 111011 111111 001011 10111100 1101 11111 111010 011110 011010 111101 11101 11011 11111 110011 11001 11101 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 452
Words 91
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 361
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Submitted on June 27, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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