Analysis of No One Heard



A song was sung that no one heard.
The song was sung all through the town.
It played for days - from dust until dawn.
It greeted on the morning and midnight yawn.
A song was sung that no one heard.

The melody was sweet and words were strong.
The instruments were the piano and the gong.
No one heard, no they did not,
For to hear, you needed the purest heart.
The song was played in the land on man;
A song was sung that no one heard.

Copyright © 2010 Leslie Alexis


Scheme AxbbA ccxxxA x
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 01111101 111111011 1101010011 01111111 0100110101 010000010001 1111111 1111100101 011100111 01111111 1010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 465
Words 96
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 13, 2023

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