Analysis of The games we play
To The words I speak
But never say
To the games I start
But never play
To the things I want
But never take
To the hearts I take
And always break
This is not my intended way
It just seems to happen
Each and every day
So I need to close my eyes and fake
For this life of mine I need to make
| Scheme | XAXA XBBB AXA BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 1101 10111 1101 10111 1101 10111 011 11110101 111110 101001 111111101 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on November 12, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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