Analysis of Passerby
I was once a Passerby , touched once,
shared beliefs, common touches,
in brief moments,
hands touched, with souls
learned..
In the dark the lights never came on,
those to feel the touch, words never to speak
Now to the day in light we walk and pass by.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010011 1011010 0110 1111 1 001011011 1110111011 11010111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 259 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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strangers then known then strangers again .
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