Analysis of History
History swells and keeps me amazed
History is the red eyed quail
I reap the fruits of my history
The lessons it teaches me are beyond pleasure
History is leisure
| Scheme | ABCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101101 10010111 110111100 010110110110 100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on December 01, 2023
Submitted on November 30, 2023
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