Analysis of The Muse
Don’t fall in love with a daughter of Zeus
she’s not here to save you
she’s the diamond in wait
when you need to awake
and report what you see
when she shows you the way
she’s the muse that's in you
she’s the muse it's not you
| Scheme | XA XX XX AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101011 111111 101001 111101 001111 111101 101101 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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