Analysis of up up and away
Bend your paper wings
and make origami shapes
I'll smooth out the lines
that rough wind brings
/first flight risks will submerge
and taste a bit like dirt
but you will follow suns
the right road will not diverge
/believe me you'll be fine
| Scheme | ABCADEFDG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 11101 0111 11101 1111 111101 010111 111101 0111101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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