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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