Analysis of Walls



Walls
Climb them
Others fail
They won’t stop you
You can reach the top
Pretend it’s a large fence
You may need a tree for help
Use anything to benefit
Mantle the ledges of gritty stone
Notice how you’re already at the top


Scheme ABCDEFGHIE
Poetic Form Etheree  (90%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 1 11 101 1111 11101 011011 1110111 1101100 100101101 1011010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 218
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 43

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Submitted by benjaminh.14673 on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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