Analysis of Greatest Poem Ever Written
Last night in bed
I wrote the greatest poem ever written.
It kept running through my head
and I beamed with pride at
having outperformed every poet
alive or dead.
You were asleep, and I didn't have the heart
to move your head from my chest so I could
jot it down.
Soon I fell asleep
and the poem flew away
and buried itself in an
unmarked grave, totally forgotten.
I never remembered a word of it
and I really don't care
because you were warm and
fit me perfectly.
Scheme | ABAXXA XXX XXXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11010101010 1110111 011111 101010010 0111 10010110101 1111111111 111 11101 0010101 0100101 011100010 1100100111 011011 011010 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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