Analysis of A Muscular Idea
I stretch the sheet
With every word
Flexing for the
Reader to see,
Everyday but
The idea
Cannot be seen;
Unless, it's flexed
By the Poet.
| Scheme | ABCDECFGE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 1101 11001 1010 1011 1011 0010 1011 0111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Weightlifting
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