Analysis of Hung on Words



Disappointed after visiting a museum
Didn't find a portrait resembling me
Instead I found inspiration for a poem
A poet is best portrayed by his or hers poetry.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010101000010 10101001001 01110101010 01011011110100
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 160
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

After writing a poem, a poet is left hanging out to dry.

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Written on November 14, 2023

Submitted on November 14, 2023

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