Analysis of Many Experts Give Advice
Many cops enforce the law that they seldom follow.
Patrols serve as a seesaw
though they're often hollow.
Many mentors teach a course that they seldom follow.
Lessons serve as a resource
though they're often hollow.
Many doctors prescribe cure that they seldom follow.
Treatments serve as an allure
though they're often hollow.
Many clerics preach virtue that they seldom follow.
Sermons serve as a curfew
though they're often hollow.
Many parents define play that they seldom follow.
Cautions serve as a waylay
though they're often hollow.
Many experts give advice that they seldom follow.
Tactics serve as a device
though they're often hollow.
Scheme | abAacAadAaeAafAagA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101111010 011101 111010 1010101111010 1011010 111010 1010011111010 1011101 111010 1010110111010 1011010 111010 1010011111010 101101 111010 1010101111010 1011001 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 524 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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