Analysis of The Soul
Russell Anderson 1962 (San Bernardino)
How much energy
Is contained in the soul?
An infinite number
Of kilocalories per mole
| Scheme | XA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100 101001 110010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 86 |
| Words | 17 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
I took some chemistry in high school and college. For some reason, the phrase KCal per mole frequently pops up in my brain. Probably because I am frquently counting calories. So, today I thought I would throw it into a short poem.
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