Analysis of Scattered Words and Broken Phrases



I throw some words together; in
The air they float around
Until I choose where to begin
With images and sound.

I throw some dreams above my head
To see just how I feel
About them since I'm out of bed,
When dreams aren't quite as real.

I also throw some phrases to
The sky within my mind.
Though some are broken, they will do  
And magic I might find!


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 11110100 011101 01111101 110001 11110111 111111 01111111 1110111 11011101 010111 11110111 010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 353
Words 77
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Written on February 27, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 27, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on February 27, 2024

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