Analysis of My wife is humming



My wife is humming
around the house

she is
too shy
to sing to me

so
I pretend to be busy

but I am listening
and
I love it!


Scheme AX XXB XB AXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Metre 11110 0101 11 11 1111 1 1011110 111100 0 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 128
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 23
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by Dayesh_Ramid on March 27, 2023

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Dayesh_Hamid

Dayesh Hamid is a husband and father. He is a Christian, linguist, and enjoys many forms of poetry. more…

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