Analysis of Like Wildfire
Gisela Vigil 1959 (Cuba)
If rumor heard, unhear it.
Just simply don’t repeat it.
Wreaks havoc when a lie is spread
and then you can’t delete it.
| Scheme | AABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Mâni Rubaiyat |
| Metre | 110111 1101011 11010111 0111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 127 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted by Giselavigil on January 04, 2024
Modified by Giselavigil on January 30, 2024
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