Analysis of Mourning in Andalusia
If white is the colour
of mourning in Andalusia,
it is a proper custom.
Look at me,
I dress myself in the white
of white hair
in mourning for youth.
Scheme | AXX XXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1100010 1101010 111 111001 111 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 149 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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