Analysis of Honorificabilitudinitatibus
I was born on a Tuesday,
rain accompanied my screams,
if I could actually remember the moment
then I probably would still be
scratching the air - some say I am!
In nineteen sixty five I blinked,
and ever since then these eyes
have been as wild as time.
I've battered words and alcohol,
twisted love into complacency,
but still, for all the insanity,
people like me, and that makes me smile,
but there are too some that challenge,
and I welcome them, run if you must,
I shall snarl, or I might surprise you
and do something unexpected.
It was seven minutes past the hour
when I was given the gift of life again,
I wanted to stay in, but God said - No!
Scheme | AXXAXXXX XAAXXXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 1010011 111100010010 11100111 10011111 01110111 0101111 111111 1101010 101010100 111100100 101101111 11111110 011011111 111111011 0110010 1110101010 11110011101 1101101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 11 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on September 22, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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