Analysis of To Laugh Or Cry



Thick skin
Thin skin
Are they worn the same

Praise yes
Blameless
Does any truth remain

Thick skin
Thin skin
Does it open or hide

Reasons for
Excuses against
To laugh or cry

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)


Scheme AAx xxx AAx xxx x
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11 11101 11 10 110101 11 11 111011 101 01001 1111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 196
Words 37
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 02, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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