Analysis of Numbers
Heather L Coffey 1967 (United States)
One, two, three, just got to be,
Four, five, six, get in the mix,
Seven, eight, nine, be mine.
You are the best,
Not like the rest,
Put to the test.
Never again will I be your friend,
So much to say,
Just go away.
| Scheme | ABCDDDEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1111001 101111 1101 1101 1101 100111111 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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