Analysis of Deceptively Bright
Prepackaged compliment,
our badge of delight
Symbol and emblem,
—deceptively bright
A pandered acknowledgement,
—slap on the back
Others controlling,
the acceptance we lack
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010100 101101 10010 01001 0100100 1101 10010 001011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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