Analysis of The Spirit waits
Our souls smile and wait
The sins of youth slowly fade
The spirit then comes
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 101101 0111101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 74 |
| Words | 15 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on April 17, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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