Analysis of He Shot His Cousin in Iraq
It was a Humid day
On the second of June
It was a humid day
In 1542
He was waiting with a shotgun
In his pant (ies)
By Isis' house, Iraq
To shoot Demitrious in "warm" blood
He dragged him outside
In the middle of the day
To eat him with an Ice Cream Sundae
| Scheme | AxAx xxx xxaa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 101011 110101 0 1110101 0111 110101 111011 11111 0010101 111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
"I shot my cousin with a shotgun, close-range in Iraq." I nod my head. "That depicts me in so many ways.." He said.
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Written on June 02, 1542
Submitted by jimins1LAJIBOLALA on June 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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