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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