Analysis of poem #21
Some planets flatten at their rumps,
Some have grown a paunch, and not quite round,
They wander from their orbital bounds.
Ellipses bulge because of lumps.
| Scheme | ABAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 111010111 110111001 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
This in inspired by Hypatia of Alexandria and the ancient astronomers who assumed the planets described circular orbits.
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Submitted by DavidPlantinga on August 16, 2021
Modified by DavidPlantinga on August 16, 2021
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