Analysis of Waiting



sitting...
waiting for somthing
i don't know what but
it shows from time to time
sitting there
waiting...
as the sun hits
noon listening to the birds
and traffic go by
somthing
bothering me
nagging me
as the leaves russle in the wind
waiting...


Scheme aabcdAefgahhiA
Poetic Form
Metre 10 1011 11111 111111 101 10 1011 1100101 01011 1 1001 101 1011001 10
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 231
Words 44
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 191
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on January 15, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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