Analysis of I am “Blank” (short)



I relish in my pain,
Without it I am blank.

What else would be best in that space,
For pain is what I know, all know-
And without luck,
All I’ll ever know.


Scheme XX XAXA
Poetic Form
Metre 110011 011111 11111011 11111111 0011 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 153
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 4
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by unknown_r on February 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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