Analysis of i'm sorry for the way i smell



i’m sorry for the way i smell
of cigarettes and wine
of beer and unkept promises
of weed and nicotine vapes
of blood and starting over


Scheme ABCCD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11010111 10101 1101100 110101 1101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 136
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on March 17, 2024

Submitted by bpdtism_ on March 18, 2024

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Nirvana

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