Analysis of When We Speak of It



a word
shall
only come into existence
only when
we
speak of it
yet
it
becomes a reality
in this world
when
the
word become
a part of you
only
when
we
speak of it


Scheme abcdEFgfehDijkeDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 01 1 10101010 101 1 111 1 1 01010 011 1 0 101 0111 10 1 1 111
Characters 162
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 7
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Written on October 17, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

Modified by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

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