Analysis of Pollyanna

Rachel McDonald 1944 (New York)



Pollyanna
Who presented herself?
With a device
of encompassing
us
in a camp
of imaging
that does not hinge
on logic
or understanding.
Here we are.


Scheme ABCDEFDGHDI
Poetic Form
Metre 010 101001 1001 10100 1 001 1100 1111 110 1010 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 136
Words 26
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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Truth is truth. Critical thinking has lost its presence in this society,

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Written on July 12, 2121

Submitted by octobertimer on July 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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