Analysis of WorldListen



Notice the small things
that reach out
from the gray maxims
of mankind,
asking,
in faint whispers,
to be given colors
other
than black and white.


Scheme ABCDEFFGH
Poetic Form Nonet (22%)
Metre 10011 111 10110 111 10 0110 111010 10 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 137
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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