Analysis of The Pot & The Kettle
Democrats run on problems
they contrive
Republicans run on problems
they deny
One as bad as the other,
together much worse
As the status quo suffers
—awaiting the hearse
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)
| Scheme | AX AX BC XC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 101 01001110 101 1111010 01011 1010110 01001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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