Analysis of for life to be important
I'm not counting on virtue, That would be a long wait.
I am betting on human nature, that's easy to read.
Still I have found indifference, more staid than hate
For life to be important there is always someone that can bleed.
~jasongentryjones(c) 2009 Ecuador
| Scheme | AXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1110110111011 11101101011011 111101001111 11110101111111 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 254 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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