Analysis of Silhouette



Strangled wishes
Young & distraught
Wrapping around my neck
Pain

Nobody with me
Yo soy solo ahora
A small ray of hope
Blocked out

An unremembered face
A shimmer of love
I can't place my finger
In shock


Scheme XXXX XAXX XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 101 100111 1 111 1111 01111 11 111 01011 111110 01
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 203
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Written on December 21, 2022

Submitted by michaelp.46977 on December 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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