Analysis of Bloviation
Hear the idle chatter. Hear the empty ring.
Some people talk a lot
but never say a thing.
Hear the pomposity. Hear the stuffiness.
Some people talk a lot
but give fluffiness.
Hear the prolixity. Hear the effusion.
Some people talk a lot
but display confusion.
Hear the periphrasis. Hear the wordiness.
Some people talk a lot
but offer windiness.
Hear the verbosity. Hear the opiate.
Some people talk a lot
but only bloviate.
| Scheme | aBa cBc dBd cBc xBb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010101 110101 110101 10100101 110101 111 101101 110101 101010 101101 110101 1101 10110100 110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 410 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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