Analysis of Needle



Packers play
in Green Bay
A needle
and a stack of hay
good Morning greets
A brand new day
Tax raise
Reagan voted Nay
April followed by May
Minimum wage
ain’t much pay
Put your two cents in
and you’ll have your say …
and the doctor wants to know
how much you weigh.


Scheme AABACADAAEAFAGA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 101 011 010 00111 1101 0111 11 10101 101011 1001 111 11110 01111 0010111 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 261
Words 54
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 207
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Submitted on June 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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