Analysis of To Laugh Or Cry
Thick skin
Thin skin
Are they worn the same?
Praise yes
Blame less
Does any truth remain?
Thick skin
Thin skin
To open or to hide?
Reasons for
Excuses against
To laugh—or then to cry
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)
| Scheme | AAx bbx AAx xxx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11 11101 11 11 110101 11 11 110111 101 01001 111111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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