Analysis of Sweet



My dear, this life is as sweet as
warm, honeyed tea.
Why be so bitter, when all you
need is to bring your
lips to the rim and sip.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Tanka  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 11111111 111 11110111 11111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 130
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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