Analysis of A Reversed Underneath
A reversed underneath means the top should surely be,
The bottom where the bottom was that you surely see;
And the bottom means the bottom was but not could surely be,
For the bottom is the top where the top could no longer be;
To bring the sides in play would truly be confusing,
For the sides could be where the bottom was, though really refusing;
This would mean the sides would have to be where top used to be,
And this would mean all screwed up, as you can surely see.
Scheme | AAAA BBAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 001011011101 0101010111101 001010101111101 101010110111101 1101011101010 1011110101110010 11101111111111 0111111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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