Analysis of More Is Expected



From those who do more,
More is expected.
As if they have no life,
Of their own to live.

From those who do more,
More is expected.
As if they have no life,
Of their own to live.

Not enough,
Can they do to please anybody.
Not enough can they do.
There is not enough can they do to please,
Anybody!
Not enough can they do.

Even when sick,
People like this...
Know no one will come around,
With time to give it.

From those who do more,
More is expected.
Not enough can they do.
Not enough can they do.

Even when sick,
People like this...
Know no one will come around,
To offer to assist.

From those who do more,
More is expected.
As if they have no life,
Of their own to live!

Do we make each other thoughtless.
With a loss of common sense.
Then to make each other spoiled.
And excuse this not to end.

From those who do more,
More is expected.
From those who do more,
More is accepted and expected to get!


Scheme ABCD ABCD xeFxeF GHIx ABFF GHIx ABCD xxxx ABAx
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11010 111111 11111 11111 11010 111111 11111 101 111111000 101111 1110111111 1000 101111 1011 1011 1111101 11111 11111 11010 101111 101111 1011 1011 1111101 110101 11111 11010 111111 11111 11111010 1011101 1111101 0011111 11111 11010 11111 11010001011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 910
Words 225
Sentences 23
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Written on December 13, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on December 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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