Analysis of Hush
Hush, my child
Let nobody hear you
Lest they hurt you more.
Hush, my child
A war-torn street
is no place to grow up.
Hush, my child
You'll live a better life
With your father
Away from this mess
Hush, my child
The choir of angels are here
To sing you to sleep.
| Scheme | AbcAdeAfghAij |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1111 11111 111 0111 111111 111 110101 1110 01111 111 01011011 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on December 11, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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