Analysis of Too Private For Words



Speaking eyes express
A vast array of feelings
Too private for words


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 10101 0101110 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 66
Words 12
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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