Analysis of Tongue In Cheek
Let's slip on the blinders. Let's look straight ahead.
Let's be merit finders seeking joy instead.
Let's assume brave faces. Let's bloom triumphant.
Let's circle home bases like a sports savant.
Let's pretend the ostrich. Let's hide from all wrong.
Let's achieve fever pitch while getting along.
Let's parade disguises. Let's seem competent.
Let's give Nobel Prizes for each continent.
Let's adorn rose glasses. Let's look at sunshine.
Let's salute the masses with the finest wine.
Let's mimic a duck back. Let's act waterproof.
Let's accept an attack as comical spoof.
Let's forsake all reason. Let's avoid critique.
Let's deny high treason as a tongue in cheek.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011101 11101010101 10111011010 11011010101 10101011111 10110111001 10101011100 11011011100 1011101111 10101010101 1100111110 10110111001 10111010101 10111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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