Analysis of a moment's respite



Letting it all rest,
upon my shoulders,
stresses and fears,
I take it from you.
Mountains of insecurity,
and pain,
I shoulder it all,
just to give you,
a moment's respite.


Scheme ABCDEFGDH
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 01110 1001 11111 1010100 01 11011 1111 01010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 163
Words 31
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on April 20, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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