Analysis of Diamonds and pearls
Damaged throughout life
Yet, I'm still here
My back there's a knife
But there's no tears
Bruised and broken
Far beyond repair
My eyes are open
Life is never fair
Humans have less value
Than diamonds of the world
But only the wounded oysters
Can ever form a pearl
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 10011 1111 11101 1111 1010 10101 11110 11101 101110 110101 11001010 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on January 12, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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