Analysis of Three Lines

Quaid-Uz-Zaman 1954 (Jamalpur)



ignorance
sometimes a blessing
but always a curse.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 100 01010 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 49
Words 8
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by Quaid-Uz-Zaman on December 24, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quaid-Uz-Zaman

Retired college teacher.Has published two books of poetry. Also has poems published online. more…

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