Analysis of Costly
Sister invited in companions
To care of Mom
When I am right here.
Companions cost my Mother money.
Having given her Covid,
Companions also cost my Mother her health.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100010 1111 11111 010111010 101001 01010111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Cost is usually associated with money, the root of all evil. Sometimes evil lurks in other places.
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