Analysis of Once upon a time



Once upon a time
Somewhere in some Africa
In line with your divine
Or mine, or contrary to that

In par, in leu, in lack of any
Some, or maybe - many,
Or God forbid - “Particular” intent

Yet certainly, and probably
With no doubt - without
Dent in attitude
Remorse, regret, or -
Getting out

Of his/her mind
Or losing sleep
Or having other
So called “awakening event”

Someone who silently
And likely selfishly
While disappointed
Yet to some point - bluntly

And obviously unaware
Of misalignment
With local, focal, and - very vocal
Minus minor, yet finer
Spectrum of opinions

That someone unilaterally
While disregarding own thoughts
Committed act of negligence
With undeniable
Explicitly presented evidence

Less thoughtfulness aside,
And stiffness
Coarseness, hardness,
Brittleness
Or even lack of hair atop his head
Which must be groomed
(He keeps forgetting that  :))


Scheme XXXA BBC BDXXD XXEC BFXB XAFEG BXHFH XIIGXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 101100 011101 11110011 010101110 111010 1101010001 11000100 11101 1010 01011 101 1101 1101 11010 11010001 11100 0101 1010 111110 0100001 11 1101001010 1010110 101010 1101000 101011 01011100 10100 0100010100 110001 010 110 1 1101110111 1111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 881
Words 153
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted by Andrei_Smyk on December 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Andrei Smyk

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