Analysis of Sakira Has Bought an Island
Where lies the happiness of man-
not I can
understand.
Sakira has bought an island;
has it made her
happier?
Isn't she more valuable than that?
Her hat,
her song, her melody,
her body?
| Scheme | AABCDDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11010011 111 01 111110 1110 100 101110011 01 010100 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 175 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on June 27, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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