Analysis of Bliss
is to do nothing
on a sunday afternoon
watching clouds move
leaves waving
paper flapping
a plane glides through
a fig incense burning
my favorite song playing
book open and unread
| Scheme | AX XAA XAA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 10101 1011 110 1010 0111 010110 1100110 110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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