Analysis of Non Grata
I’ve made a veritable art form
out of ignoring others
Taken it to the highest level,
its crown made out of thorns
Turning my back and looking away,
denying their importance
A world where they do not exist
—no insult could hurt more
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100011 1101010 101101010 111111 101101001 0101010 01111101 101111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 268 |
Words | 47 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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