Analysis of Knowing



To know that I am known  
Brings me liberty.

To know is in the knowing,
That's what comforts me.

I know not where I'm going,
I'll have to wait and see.

But knowing what I know,
My futures looking free.


Scheme XA BA BA XA
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11100 1110010 11101 1111110 111101 110111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 207
Words 50
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 10

About this poem

I don't know.

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Written on June 05, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 05, 2023

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