Analysis of Sorry.



Oh how sometimes, I hate auto correct.
I know it's my fault, it was my neglect.

Just when you think that all has gone well.
You post your poem, see it, and say what the hell.

I think that most of us, know how I'm feeling.
It really sends my heart and mind reeling.

And then to top it off, you can't take back what you've said.
You pray for strength, cause in that moment, you want to be dead.


Scheme AA BB CC DD
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1101111001 1111111101 111111111 111101101101 11111111110 1101110110 0111111111111 11111011011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 385
Words 80
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by honey1570 on August 22, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Elizabeth King

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