Analysis of The Rebel
When everybody has short hair,
The rebel lets his hair grow long.
When everybody has long hair,
The rebel cuts his hair short.
When everybody talks during the lesson,
The rebel doesn't say a word.
When everybody talks during the lesson,
The rebel creates a disturbance.
When everybody wears a uniform,
The rebel dresses in fantastic clothes.
When everybody wears fantastic clothes,
The rebel dresses soberly.
In the company of dog lovers,
The rebel expresses a preference for cats.
In the company of cat lovers,
The rebel puts in a good word for dogs.
When everybody is praising the sun,
The rebel remarks on the need for rain.
When everybody is greeting the rain,
The rebel regrets the absence of sun.
When everybody goes to the meeting,
The rebel stays at home and reads a book.
When everybody stays at home and reads a book,
The rebel goes to the meeting.
When everybody says, Yes please,
The rebel says, No thank you.
When everybody says, No thank you,
The rebel says, Yes please.
It is very good that we have rebels,
You may not find it very good to be one.
Scheme | ax ax Bx Bx xc cx dx dx be eb fg gf hi ih xb |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 1100111 01011111 1100111 0101111 1100110010 01010101 1100110010 010010010 11001010 0101000101 110010101 01010100 001001110 010010010011 001001110 0101001111 110011001 0100110111 110011001 0100101011 110011010 0101110101 11001110101 01011010 1100111 0101111 11001111 010111 1110111110 11111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,252 |
Words | 242 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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