Analysis of Air
The air that we breathe
Is magical even though it
Doesn't seem
Breath after breath
We take for granted
Year after year
It will still be there
Century after century?
People don't seem to care.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 01111 11001011 101 1101 11110 1101 11111 10010100 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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