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
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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