Analysis of Child Word Expression
When angry, hurt or full of tension,
Cursing words the child will mention.
Frustration, conflict, needs athwarted.
The child swears; attacks aborted.
Adults use words, what do they mean?
The child's not told. Now he's obscene.
Which words to use from inventory:
Religious, sexual, excretory?
Dogma, rules say I'm a sinner.
Profanity for the beginner.
Sexual impulse still tabooed.
Although condemned, hotly pursued.
Fece is seldom understood.
Is stool then proper, right and good?
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEEBBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111110 10101110 0101011 01101010 01111111 01111101 11111010 010100100 10111010 010010010 1001011 1011001 111001 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 473 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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