Analysis of The Ears To Hear
The Riddler riddles
The Rhymer speaks
But who will listen?
To the message
That they weave
Now faded by
The tapestry of time
A message once
So bright
Colours clear
But did we have?
The ears to hear.
| Scheme | XXX XXXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010 0101 11110 1010 111 1101 010011 0101 11 11 1111 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Written January 2005 Copyright ©️ Naomi Fowke
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