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
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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Donald Loudon

I started to write because of the great feeling of release, and being able to do something of my own that I enjoyed. Since then, writing has become a way of life for me, and I enjoy it thoroughly. I write about things I feel strongly and or know a lot about. more…

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