Analysis of The Ringing Phone
Ringing in my ear
On and on, no voice appears.
Nothing to say a warm "hello"
Am I really THAT invisible?
Finally I hang up.
No point in waiting anymore.
It's obvious no one is picking up.
| Scheme | ABCDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011 1011101 10110101 111010100 100111 1101001 1100111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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