Analysis of Systematic Encounters



I've searched right here. I've searched right there.
It feels like I've searched everywhere
To find new friends that I can trust
Who don't want me for cash or lust.
I do not want transparent praise
Or claims expressed in many ways
Of how they want to know me well
While setting up their schemes to tell
Me how they have large needs for cash
But when they fail, they're "sad" or brash
So, I do pay attention to
Their words to learn what might be true,
Because about a dozen tried
But failed since I found they had lied!


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1111110 11111111 11111111 11110101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11111111 11111111 11110101 11111111 01010101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 518
Words 103
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 405
Words per stanza (avg) 100

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Written on August 03, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 03, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 03, 2023

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