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 |
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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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