Analysis of To Paint In Words
I regret that words fail
In my expression of love for you
And yet from the depths of my
Artistic soul I have ploughed
And harrowed poetic soil
Until sweat broke
Upon my brow
Forcing me
To lay aside
My pen
And try again
Some other time
To paint in words
My love for you
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJJKLB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 010101111 0110111 0101111 010101 0111 0111 101 1101 11 0101 1101 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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