Analysis of Sound



Sound of loudness,
Then a sound of quietness.
Sound of laughter,
Then a sound of crying.
Sound of tunes,
Then a sound of destruction.
Sound of wind,
Then the sound of rain.


Scheme AABCADEF
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1011100 1110 101110 111 1011010 111 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 173
Words 39
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on June 11, 2001

Submitted by on April 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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