Analysis of Busy Hands
Royston 1946 (Reading)
Jabbing.
Grabbing.
Unzipping.
Unclipping.
Gesticulating
congratulating.
Zipping and pouring.
Clipping and clawing.
Messaging and clapping.
Massaging and snapping.
Ripping, reeling and dealing.
Tipping, pushing and peeling.
Tickling, tinkering and fiddling.
Ticking, zippering and twiddling.
Smacking, repairing and unfolding.
Packing, creasing, hooking and holding.
Gutting, knocking, reloading and hitting.
Cutting, designing, knotting and knitting.
Rewriting, compiling, plucking and pointing.
Writing, scribbling, adjusting and anointing.
Etching, caressing, stacking, loosing and lifting.
Fetching, stirring, conjuring, shaving and sifting.
Sowing, joining, rubbing, penning, gluing and getting.
Sewing, marking, milking, putting, pegging and petting.
Tying, splicing, jotting, weaving, stencilling and hanging.
Retying praying, piercing, fumbling, grooming and banging.
Drawing, touching, unwinding, texting, clasping and crayoning.
Re-pouring, phoning, probing, throwing, battering and beckoning
Listing, copying, clenching, dialling, colouring, pulling and picking.
Relisting, juggling, typing, shading, recording, cropping and clicking.
Scheme | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |
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Poetic Form | Monorhyme |
Metre | 10 10 1 1 1 0100 10010 10010 100010 010010 1010010 1010010 1100010 10100010 100100010 10110010 10101010 100101010 01001010010 1010001001 100101010010 101010010010 101010101010 1010101010010 10101101010 1101010010010 10100101101 1101010101000100 1010011110010 1100101001010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,127 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 929 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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