Analysis of Assembly Required



The enticing message, offered with noble flair,
"QUICK, EASY ASSEMBLY," to frequently ensnare.

Materials supplied, sufficient for a start,
need proper assembly to make performance smart.

Misleading directions designed to obfuscate
can confuse assembly and construction negate.

Paradigms have patterns forming orderly proof;
sequential assembly: foundation, walls and roof.

Overlooking sections create faulty results:
incomplete assembly development insults.

Nature is the given and guidance is the gift;
nurture is assembly preventing chinking rift.

Like store purchased products, with many parts to pair,
our assembly from birth requires skillful care.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 001010101101 110010110001 010001010101 110010110101 01001001110 101010001001 10110101001 010010010101 10010011001 001010010001 101010010101 10101001011 111010110111 1001011010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 640
Words 90
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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