Analysis of Talk Is Cheap
The cost of dialogue
takes a circumlocution.
Consequently talk is cheap
ingrained in noise pollution.
The cost of dialogue
takes an economic stand.
Consequently talk is cheap
based on supply and demand.
| Scheme | AbCb AdCd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01110 101 1000111 0101010 01110 110101 1000111 1101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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