Analysis of Four Brothers In Business



Each one was a honcho.
Each one was boss.
Four brothers in business banked shortage and loss.

Each one was a rascal.
Each one was a rogue.
Four brothers in business defied truth and vogue.

Each one was a bilker.
Each one was a crook.
Four brothers in business fixed the books and took.

Each one was a phony.
Each one was a fake.
Four brothers in business caused damage and ache.

Each one was a goblin.
Each one was a feint.
Four brothers in business left both stain and taint.

Each one was a cheater.
Each one was a fraud.
Four brothers in business ripped off man and God.


Scheme XXX XAA BCC XDD XEE BXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 1111 11001011001 111010 11101 11001001101 11101 11101 11001010101 111010 11101 11001011001 111010 11101 11001011101 111010 11101 11001011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 555
Words 110
Sentences 18
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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