Analysis of Placebo
Mere trust in a gazebo
Can be a great placebo
Sugar pills although a sham
Belief changes all I am
Expectation the appeal
A body the mind will heal
Scheme | AA BB CC |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11001 1101010 101101 0110111 010001 0100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 141 |
Words | 29 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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