Analysis of such a sad thing to see
clean up the rivers
clean up the seas
stop killing the meadows
put back all the trees
its our responsibility
iits up to you and me
rainforest elephants
such a sad thing to see
its our world
that is dying
being murdered
by you and me
| Scheme | XAXA BBXB XXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11010 1101 11001 11101 11000100 111101 10100 101111 1101 1110 1010 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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