Analysis of HAPPINESS
Snow falls on my window pane
To bury me in woolen coat
But dry wood in my fireplace,
Burns away the gray old feel.
I pour tea into me and sweat.
I cannot stand being so cold.
Life snow balls doth make me cold,
But happiness in my fireplace,
Makes me dance to rock 'n' roll.
| Scheme | ABCDEFFCG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 1111101 11010101 1110110 1010111 11101101 11011011 1111111 11000110 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
About this poem
Since happiness is a choice, I've stored it in my heart for gray days.
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