Analysis of Guard
When in course of life we find,
Those who treat us well,
We call them our friends,
And in our souls they dwell.
In further course of life we find,
A betrayer among those friends,
We who trust are hurt to the core,
One's heart it truly rends.
Look well say I to the one's you trust,
Knowing them truly is hard,
Keeping your soul is a given,
On one's heart keep a diligent guard.
| Scheme | ABCB ACXC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011111 11111 111101 0010111 01011111 010111 11111101 111101 111110111 1011011 10111010 111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on February 02, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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