Analysis of Confusion
Brenda P. Wilcox 1965 (St. Louis)
I don't think it will be
anything good for me.
It doesn't matter if I try
I just feel like I could die.
Will my life ever be what I dream?
Do I see a distant gleem?
Maybe it is better than it seems.
I think I'll stay in my dreams.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 10111 11010111 1111111 111101111 1110101 101110111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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