Analysis of but i didn't know

Nina R. Schapiro 1954 (TEXAS)



Once I live on an island
where the sweet papaya grow
and we ate our breakfast
down by the sea
and the world was a mess
but i didn't know.

I once was a nymph in a fairytale
and i lived in a waterfall
then there was a war
but my radio broke
and i had no idea at all

Once I lived in a magical place
some damned thing lured me away
lights may shine again from my face
but one went dim    and forever   that day


Scheme XAXXXA XBXXB CDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 1010101 0111010 1101 001101 11101 111010010 0110010 11101 11101 011101011 111001001 1111101 11101111 1111001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 392
Words 88
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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