Analysis of An Ode To Teddy
An artist or laughingstock,
— who makes the choice?
A genius or fool,
— will spirits rejoice?
A sage or a caricature,
— who gets to choose?
The one now exposed,
— or he with nothing to lose?
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 1101 01011 11001 01101000 1111 01101 1111011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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