Analysis of Freeze-Frame Slices
To this we must allude: mental prowess fine and crude.
From this we must conclude:
perspicacious, keen and shrewd.
To this we must allude: moral decay rash and prude.
From this we must conclude:
hasty prudence, poise and mood.
To this we must allude: gorgeous model clad and nude.
From this we must conclude:
dazzling posture, pure and lewd.
To this we must allude: great excesses one and brood.
From this we must conclude:
extravagance, drink and food.
To this we must allude: trendy manner kind and rude.
From this we must conclude:
common nature, still and feud.
Scheme | aAa aAa aAa aAa aAa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011010101 111101 0010101 1111011001101 111101 1010101 1111011010101 111101 10010101 111101110101 111101 0100101 1111011010101 111101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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