Analysis of Intelligence
Not unseasonable in its arrival,
Not untimely in this place,
Not unfortunate in appearance,
Not unguarded in the race.
Socrates and Shakespeare brought a language
Only experience can understand,
Flowing phrases, stories bounding
As if guided by a hand.
Bach and Handel raised a note,
To communicate and then,
It took Beethoven to complete the cycle
Almost on a whim!
Genius lacks the sensibility
To engage the common thought,
But connects us all so deeply,
Does not really lack for nought.
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XXAX DXDC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 1010011 101000010 1010001 10011010 100100101 10101010 1110101 1010101 101001 11100101010 1101 10100100 1010101 10111110 1110111 101011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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