Analysis of Rise
Raise your eyes to the skies.
And ask why?
Why can I not be,
Where I can see?
Let it go.
What holds
You know.
Shed it all
And fly.
Raise your eyes to the skies.
And never ask why.
| Scheme | AbccdedfbAb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 011 11111 1111 111 11 11 111 01 111101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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