Analysis of Rich and Poor
How can I lose faith
In the fairness of life ,
When the dreams of the rich ,
Who sleep upon feathers ,
Are not more beautiful than ,
the dreams of the poor ,
who sleep upon the earth ,
And when they both get God's care
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 001011 101101 110110 1111001 01101 110101 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 06, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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