Analysis of The young man who live in palos hills



Many words, many words, many words,
And the words came so deep,
Because he gave it a chance.
And went so deep,
Because his defences were broken.
And so many words flew into his mind,
Just to cripple him;
They were real grenades from his ignorant friends.

Everyday, he wakes up from the bed to see the sun,
With a mantra before his eyes;
And right deep below his subconscious,
He has no rule.
Hopes came dashed to the ground,
As soon as one grenade storms his mind.

A little while he'll be roaming the streets,
Looking for a place to hide,
A little while he'll be back,
Getting more grenades into his mind.
Getting more grenades into his mind...
Many words, many words, many words.


Scheme Abxbcdxx cxxxxd xxxDDA
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 101101101 001111 0111101 0111 0111010 0110110111 11101 10101111001 1011111011101 10100111 011011010 1111 111101 111101111 0101111001 1010111 0101111 101010111 101010111 101101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 661
Words 126
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by Threebs on February 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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