Analysis of The Kindest of Whispers
A whisper here, a whisper there.
The secrets people tell.
All rumors spread without a care
And in half-truths they dwell.
A whisper here, a whisper there.
You need to have a sleuth
To learn why many do not care,
As lies become a truth.
A whisper here, a whisper there.
Some whispers are quite cruel!
They live as long as people share
With apathy as fuel!
| Scheme | Abab Acac Adad |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010101 010101 11010101 001111 01010101 111101 11110111 110101 01010101 1101110 11111101 1100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Spreading rumors
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Written on August 18, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 18, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 18, 2023
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