Analysis of You

Leo Long 1986 (Durban)



You smile
You swear
You tease
You cheat
You lie
You scream
You cry

You are sad
You are sorry
You are you

You are mine


Scheme XXXXAXA XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 111 1110 111 111
Characters 108
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 3, 1
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 8
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Leo Long

Leo Long is a part-time poet, you can view my professional profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-long-%F0%9F%8C%8D-%E2%99%BB%EF%B8%8F%F0%9F%8C%B2-3268433b/ more…

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