Analysis of Talk



People talk because they are lonely
Some people talk out of entertainment
People talk because they like to hear themselves
Few people talk because they have something to say


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 101011110 110111010 10101111101 110101111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 170
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander

I was born in Germany in 1960. I lived in Germany, Finland, and California and have visited many European countries. I currently live in Germany, but I would like to return to the US. I started writing poems in California inspired by the beautiful nature. I have a master degree in forestry and North American Studies. I write scientific books about nature and environmental history, but also short stories and poems. more…

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