Analysis of Wind Swept Hill
Life goes on and on,
In seasons gone and gone and gone;
The freedom that we had today,
Is swept and blown and spread away,
To make for us a lofty perch
On which to sit and search (and search),
For things of which were meant to stay:
I wonder if 'twere meant that way.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 01010101 01011101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11110111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 260 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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