Analysis of Rare



Rare.
And phenomenal it would be.
To hear the first words,
Coming out of the mouth...
Of a child,
Recently declaring...
I DISPUTE TO DESPISE,
TRUTH TO HEAR IT HEARD.
THAT THIS B.S. I SHOULD ACCEPT,
AS HAVING ANYTHING TO DO...
OF A REALITY I WILL REFUSE!

However...
Rare.
And never before to experience,
Are these days we now live.

'Doctor?
I am telling you.
That is not my voice you hear recorded.
My spouse and I tried our best,
To have our child see us as parents.
And not the fools,
My child repeatedly says we are.'

'I want to believe you.
I really do.
Play it back once again.
Until I can be made convinced of it.
And you say to claim,
Your child is just months old.'

'Yes. Yes.
I swear!'

'Forgive my insinuation.
But do you and your spouse,
Have disgusting potty mouths as well?
Since you confessed to say you swear!'


Scheme Axxxxxxxxbx cAxx cbxxxxx bbxxxx xa xxxa
Poetic Form
Metre 1 00100111 11011 101101 101 100010 101101 11111 1111101 1101011 10101101 10 1 0100110100 111111 10 11101 1111111010 11011101 1110111110 0101 110100111 111011 1101 111101 0111110111 01111 111111 11 11 0110010 111011 101010111 11011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 828
Words 196
Sentences 29
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 11, 4, 7, 6, 2, 4
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on August 17, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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