Analysis of Being Human
Brenda K Ramirez 1961 (Tx)
Life, love, death and hate
Pass through the eternal gate
Sex, emotion, betrayal or trust
Giving or greed or lust
Devotion, need, want or desire
Inside burns an endless fire
More, more, more, no less
Walk through the door, just confess
Deception, perception, familiarity or change
Within or beyond range
More than or never enough
Dare you call my bluff
Promises so empty or so full
Opposite directions they pull
Time too little or too much
Sensitive to the touch
Who we were and who we are
So near and yet so far
What is and is yet to be
I look but cannot see
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11101 1100101 101001011 101111 010111010 01111010 11111 1101101 010010010011 011011 1111001 11111 100110111 10001011 1110111 100101 1100111 110111 1101111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 539 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on February 25, 2021
Modified on April 21, 2023
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