Analysis of I'd Rather
Id rather feel boozed
Than anything else
Id rather feel used
Than love itself
Rather be hopeless
Than be insincere
Rather be hazed
Than to see things clear
Rather disappear
Than to be right here
| Scheme | ABACDEAEEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11011 1101 11011 1101 10110 1101 1011 11111 1001 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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