Analysis of On airs
Putting on my saintly airs
To stand amid the cheers
Dare not show the slightest sign
Of being less divine
Sitting in the upper seats
Emitting Royal Mystique
Doesn't matter that I'm not
Here I play the part
Words of honor granted me
Being the 1st Lady
Anon behind the doors
A commoner once more
Cannot flaunt this common part
Be too much a shock
| Scheme | ABCCDEFGHHIJGK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 110101 1110101 110101 1000101 0101001 1010111 11101 1110101 100110 10101 010011 1011101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 278 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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