Analysis of Dummy
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
'Uh...
Who you calling a dummy?'
'Who you calling a fool?'
'Whose the idiot, fool and dummy?'
In that mirror behind you.
'Oh.
Well...
I'm glad I wasn't the one,
You would say something like that to my face!
Those comments are not meant,
To flatter anyone at all.'
| Scheme | XA X A X XXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 1110010 111001 101001010 0110011 1 1 1111001 1111011111 110111 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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