Analysis of Loss
Love in my life is like sand
I give it care and attention
I hold it in the palm of my hand
Then a strong gust of wind sifts it through my hands
I lose yet...
| Scheme | ABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 1011111 11110010 111001111 10111111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Loving
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