Analysis of Life in Beauty
Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)
There is life in beauty
The light in her eyes,
The hope in his heart,
The sigh of relief,
And joyous weeping,
Laughter that fills the air,
Without a care,
Even the sweet sound of your name,
Called from a loved one
There is beauty in life,
If only we took a moment,
To Be Still and
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| Scheme | XXXXXAAXB XXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 01001 01011 01101 01010 101101 0101 10011111 11011 111001 11011010 1110 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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