Analysis of Failure
Platitudes and empty reassurances
Are a poor substitute
For hopes unfulfilled.
An ill-chosen faulty foundation
And the entire edifice crumbles.
My own foolishness slaps my face
And the universe laughs.
| Scheme | XXX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100100 10110 1101 111010010 0001010010 11100111 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
Descriptive of a part of life that some of us know.
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