Analysis of alone
I walk alone
Amid the crowds
Of unsmiling grim-faced people
And dream of turning into a white bird
And fly away
From the noise surrounding me
I hear in my heart
The call of the sea
Quiet under the moonlight
I want to see each star
Shining in the night sky
And know peace
Even as cars rush by
In their hurry to get nowhere
I ask myself
If there is a magic word I can learn
To turn myself into a white bird
Flying over a sea
Bathed in silver moonlight
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 0101 10101110 0111001011 0101 1010101 11011 01101 101001 111111 100011 011 101111 0110111 111 1110101111 11101011 101001 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 357 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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