Analysis of The Arms
The arms I can fall into.
Strength to my weakness.
The one who wipes my tears away.
Believes in me when no one else does.
The touch that makes my knees weak.
Knowledge to give me wisdom.
The kiss I never want to miss.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111101 11110 01111101 010111111 0111111 1011110 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Written on September 27, 2019
Submitted by persephonie92 on October 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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