Analysis of Lunatics And Maniacs
Lunatics and maniacs drive on the city street.
They tailgate, speed, swerve and pass as if death they can cheat.
Lunatics and maniacs work in the labor force.
They scramble up the ladder, ill tempered, rude and coarse.
Lunatics and maniacs shop at the local mall.
They shoplift or cut in line, clamor, dispute and brawl.
Lunatics and maniacs play in sports to compete.
They employ chicanery opponents to defeat.
Lunatics and maniacs marry with family.
They mistreat both spouse and kids and create tragedy.
Lunatics and maniacs commingle socially.
They are boorish, vile and crass and cause disharmony.
Lunatics and maniacs live in the neighborhood.
They wreak havoc everywhere disrupting all things good.
Scheme | AA BB CC AA DD DD EE |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 10010110101 111101111111 10010100101 1101010110101 10010110101 111101100101 10010101101 1010100010101 10010101100 1011101001100 10010010100 1110101010100 1001010010 111010010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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