Analysis of Answer me



When you embark upon violence
Ask yourself one question
Which title do you prefer
Convict or corpse?

Eric (and sometimes not)


Scheme XXXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 110101100 101110 1101101 1011 100011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 126
Words 23
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by EASN on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 25, 2023

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