Analysis of Simple
Our small race has much to offer
But often do not know how to dish it out
Some stay paupers many become rich
and most of us are busy work, love, children
and have no time for war
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (20%) |
| Metre | 101111110 11011111111 111010011 01111101110 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 178 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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