Analysis of Loopy Shrink
The amateur architect
constructs a house of cards.
A collapse is in the wings waiting for petards.
What the hell, pretend it's well:
fake it till you make it.
Later on at break of dawn craft puzzles to fit.
Madness and sadness accrue
as sinister dolors.
Cherry, ruby, black and blue are all true colors.
Pollyanna and spoilsport
twist each reality.
Nothing is all bad or good nor duality.
An appeal for something real
keeps a decent outlook.
Wide array of feelings say don't follow the book.
The amateur therapist
is just a loopy shrink:
feelings deny and live a lie by the slight of pink.
Scheme | ABB XCC XBX ADD XEE XFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 010111 00110011011 1010111 111111 101111111011 1001001 11001 101010111110 01001 1110 101111110100 1011101 10101 101110111001 010100 110101 1001010110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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