Analysis of Happen



I didn't hear the feather drop.
I didn't see the time stop.
I close my eyes tomorrow came.
I open my eyes,
The world has change.


Scheme AABCD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 11010101 1101011 1111011 11011 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 128
Words 30
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by ELW on February 28, 2024

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