Analysis of I've Bled Myself Dry
“Time heals all wounds” she said.
I blinked at the woman as she spoke,
Unsure of if I had enough time.
You see these scabs aren’t forever,
For mine keep reopening.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 111111 111010111 011111011 111110010 1110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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