Analysis of Negligible Old Star
Gertrude Stein 1874 (Allegheny) – 1946 (Paris)
NEGLIGIBLE old star.
Pour even.
It was a sad per cent.
Does on sun day.
Watch or water.
So soon a moon or a old heavy press.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100011 110 110111 1111 1110 1101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 132 |
Words | 29 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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