Analysis of Empty faces
Nick Church 1978 (TX)
How to be in love,
Such a common thought or is it,
Waiting for answers but only getting grief,
Despite all the hard work I have fallen short,
How to be in love, it is a risky endeavor,
Personified but the relations of guilt,
Excusing myself as it's a precursor to failure,
Understanding my fear and my determination,
How to be in love has become a disease,
My head runs around in circles leaving my body in disarray,
I terrorize myself,
My worst enemy looks back in me through the mirror,
How to be in love is misery,
So if I find it, I should run.
| Scheme | XXXX AXAB XXXA XB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 10101111 10110110101 01101111101 1110111010010 0101001011 0101110010110 01011010010 11101101001 1110101010110001 1101 1110011011010 111011100 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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