Analysis of Be The Witness
O my loneliness,
Be the witness that
I was alone
I am alone
Perhaps I will stay alone
Wearing, and bearing
On my entity
All the grief and pain
With my prayers
I have buried
All my desires
With the flowing tears
Reciting the holy verses
O my loneliness,
Be the witness.
Scheme | AbcccdefghigjAa |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 11100 10101 1101 1101 0111101 10010 11100 10101 111 1110 11010 10101 01001010 11100 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 254 |
Words | 52 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on December 17, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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