Analysis of Dare he compare, like a simile?
Tucker Read 1997
Dare he compare, like a simile?
As fast as a photon?
is there wisdom in science?
Is there a need to be pious?
Physics of general relativity.
That’s what he bought.
Now for the distraught,
You will decay and fade.
Pray not for days, you will be amazed.
Now read the lines from bottom to top.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1101101 11101 1110010 11011110 1011000100 1111 11001 110101 111111101 110111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on February 11, 2021
Modified on April 14, 2023
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