Analysis of Here To Stay
I run around and around, never feeling like I touch the ground.
I am running from the sadness and the madness.
But they are here to stay and I have to try and mold it like clay.
I cannot outrun and I cannot have fun.
Now I realize I cant escape, I am trapped by red tape
| Scheme | X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101001101011101 111010100010 1111110111101111 11001011011 11101101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on March 14, 2019
Modified on April 13, 2023
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