Analysis of Talk is a Four-letter Word
Betty R Keller 1946 (USA)
Talk is a four letter word,
When I want to and you won't,
When I need to and you don't.
Talk is a four letter word,
And sometimes, so is love.
| Scheme | AbbAc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 1101101 1111011 1111011 1101101 001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 138 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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