Analysis of Breaking Glass



Broken promises
Broken dreams
Broken glass
He tore into my life like a tornado,
Leaving nothing but destruction behind.

The blue sky is clear of clouds.
Nature is calm.
Flowers bloom,
As we break glass,
For our eternal union,
As man and wife.


Scheme XXAXX XXXAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10100 101 101 1101111001 1010101001 0111111 1011 101 1111 11001010 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 243
Words 51
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 6
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by candace_f on March 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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