Analysis of Calm
Kailey Norris 2004 (North Carolina)
I feel my heartbeat through an empty chest,
Calm is a state of mind.
A state of being.
Physically, calmness is the ability to block the mind,
Focus on slow breaths and smooth heartbeats.
| Scheme | ABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 111111101 110111 01110 1000101001001101 10111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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