Analysis of Less
Less is what we are giving,
Less makes less of what is living,
Less love,
Less time for us,
Less patience,
Less of trust.
Less belief in our love,
Less belief in the Lord above.
Less to strive for,
Less to lose,
All leads to more to abuse.
More of anger and dirty looks,
More burying myself within my books.
More time spent angry,
More tears are spilt,
More feelings of fear,
More feelings of guilt.
We should stop thinking it won't matter,
And try less for the latter,
Giving more of what's above,
Leaving us with less of hate,
and much more to love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 11111110 11 1111 110 111 1010101 10100101 1111 111 1111101 11100101 110010111 11110 1111 11011 11011 111101110 0111010 1011101 1011111 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 423 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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