Analysis of Hey Little Dove
Hey little dove...
Precious fowl of the air
So young, and free just flying without a care
Too young to fathom sorrow
Knowing nothing about despair...
Hey little dove...
So peaceful, yet, so rare
How I selfishly wish that you could trade places with me
Experience my abandonment, my trauma, and all of life's debts that bring me to my knees
Hey little dove...
Not below, nor far above
May you please cling to my presence to keep my soul at peace?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 101101 11011100101 1111010 10100101 1101 110111 111111111011 01001010011001111111111 1101 1011101 11111110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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