Analysis of Why?
Why am I?
Why am I here?
Why do I cry?
Why do I tear?
Why do I have no memory?
Of where I am or came to be.
Please, quiet I say!
I hear people coming, who are they?
The people come in and start to talk.
They ask me to go on a short walk.
They tell me I am going to die.
But the only thing I thought was,Why.
| Scheme | AXAXBBCC DDAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1111 1111 1111 11111100 11111111 11011 111010111 010100111 111111011 111111011 10101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on September 01, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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