Analysis of Up then Down



She sells sanctuary
A ringing thats blaring,
Hearing everything.
An intense eye,
Looking like a spy.
It drives you mad when the birds sing.


Scheme ABBCCB
Poetic Form
Metre 11100 010110 1010 1011 10101 11111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 140
Words 28
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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It's about my relationship with cocaine.

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Written on August 20, 2023

Submitted by t782311 on August 20, 2023

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