Analysis of The murmur
This murmur called life
Pretends to be a happy child
But all it does is cry
This murmur called life
Wants to walk tall
But it falls
Maybe one night
God will send his chime
And so this murmur called life
Will learn to be a happy child after all!
| Scheme | AbcAdefgad |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11011 01110101 111111 11011 1111 111 1011 11111 0111011 11110101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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