Analysis of Always Shining



Do you know
If the sun
Is always shining

Have you seen
A rainy day

A twinkling star
May vanish but
Sunshine is saved

For an opportune
Time


Scheme XXX XX XXX XX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (70%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 111 101 1110 111 0101 01001 1101 111 1101 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 140
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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