Analysis of I Ate Those Words
1.
Please do not hesitate
To help someone participate
In things that will alleviate
The pain of all their sad-like fate.
2.
I hope that you are never late
Or they might just investigate
Why every day you have a plate
With food that never does taste great.
| Scheme | ABBBB ABBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1 11110 111010 0111010 01111111 1 11111101 1111010 110011101 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Silliness
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Written on July 17, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 17, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 17, 2023
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