Analysis of True



True is the light that we see
True is the life that we live
True is the love that we fell
True this is what it's all about
So true so true so true it is


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka  (60%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101111 1101111 1101111 11111101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 148
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on September 11, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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