Analysis of Wasted Words.



You can say a prayer if you want to,
They aren't wasted words,
If there is a God he will listen, if not you are simply saying words.


Scheme ABB
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 111011111 110101 111011110111110101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 130
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 30, 2013

Modified on March 25, 2023

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Kev Green

Just a person who might have suffered more than his fair share of suffering but still lives to tell the tale. Found writing and writing found me. Everything I do is dedicated to my dear Wife and children Emma and Jamie and my mentor Rob Middlehurst. more…

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