Analysis of Two Thoughts
The Better Option
Better to be liked
and not loved
Than to be loved
—and not liked
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
It’s not about how much it takes
to make you happy
—but how little
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
| Scheme | x ab ba C xxx C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) |
| Metre | 01010 10111 011 1111 011 0100101 11011111 11110 1110 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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