Analysis of Scars of the Soul
I have a scar that goes back far
Into my childhood past.
It is the kind that you can find
Since it will always last.
I also feel a pain so real,
Though it is deep inside
My mind and yet, I get upset
If I should "look" inside.
Each scar still hurts since each exerts
A dif'rent kind of pain.
So, I must try to see that I
Don't live my life in vain.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111 01111 11011111 11111 11010111 111101 11011101 111101 11111101 011111 11111111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 349 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on June 14, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 14, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on June 14, 2023
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