Analysis of Striving



Beethoven was an excellent pianist
before he went deaf.
Showed signs of talent in his youth.
A starving artist living for arts sake.
A loner and dedicated worker
bound to make it.
Even a better composer.


Scheme ABCDEFE
Poetic Form
Metre 10011100010 01111 11110011 0101010111 0100100010 1111 10010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 204
Words 41
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on March 26, 2023

Submitted on March 26, 2023

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