Analysis of $$$$$$$



Money….
—an ungrateful heir

Disowning all memory,
—while your ashes are still warm

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)


Scheme AX AX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Metre 10 10101 11100 1110111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 120
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 07, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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