Analysis of The Scrooge Reflection
They say that I'm cheap; they say that I'm mean
But when I was broke, they were nowhere to be seen.
I worked hard to get where I am today.
And now that I'm rich, I should give it all away.
"Your rich, you should at least give to charity."
But who was there when the charity was me.
When I go to the office, employees tremble with fear.
I can hear them before I walk in the room saying
"The Scrooge is here."
"The Scrooge is here."
"The Scrooge is here."
They think that I'm heartless, but I'm not the Grinch.
I just know what would happen if I gave them an inch.
Try to steal from me. Yes, I will collect.
If you give me nothing else, you will give me respect.
Scheme | aabbccdeFFFgghh |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111111111 11111101111 1111111101 011111111101 11111111100 11111010011 11110100101011 1111011100110 0111 0111 0111 11111011101 1111110111111 1111111101 1111101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 134 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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