Analysis of Guard



Guard against too much science.
I guess only if you need it.
Time for some Motown and Marvin Gaye.
Angry people have to watch their violent tempers.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1011110 11101111 11110101 1010111110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 148
Words 30
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on May 29, 2023

Submitted on May 29, 2023

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