Analysis of Two Arms and Two Legs and One Head
I said to the man
that I am,
"What have you done?"
"Where have you gone?"
I replied with a deep sigh,
for truth doth not lie.
"I was born with just two arms
and two legs and one head;
and I fear that is all I shall have
when I am dead."
I did not look further
and see
The laughter I brought
to the many
A small gift from me,
given kindly and wisely
To set you all free
from your misery
All from a man with two arms
and two legs and one head
© Joe Giso
Scheme | xxxxaabCxcxdxddddd bC b |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 111 1111 1111 1011011 11111 1111111 011011 011111111 1111 111110 01 01011 1010 01111 1010010 11111 11100 1101111 011011 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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