Analysis of Reward and Punishment

Marc C. Modaressi 1938 (unknown)



It hurts so much not to know why
If others rewarded, but only I
For my whole life has gone nearly by
Once I must learn why before I die
Where do they lie the sins of mine.


Scheme AAAAB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11111111 1100101101 111111101 111110111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 171
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 38

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Written on March 05, 1982

Submitted by moderessi0 on January 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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