Analysis of Election Day Song



long live the queen
long live the queen
in a box
IN A BOX!
long live the queen
long live the queen
long live the queen
put her in a box
in a public place
long live the queen
long live the queen
long live the queen
put her in a box
with a crown of thorns
long live the queen


Scheme AABBAAABcAAABdA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (53%)
Metre 1101 1101 001 001 1101 1101 1101 10001 00101 1101 1101 1101 10001 10111 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 259
Words 61
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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Submitted on October 19, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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