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 |
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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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