Analysis of i do not know

bill watts 0001 (WA)



today i heard my nephew was sexually assaulted by a coach

it happened 20 years ago

barely a blink and a whimper in between

the  pathetic desire that led to the rape

the fragility  of the victim

will never end


Scheme X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 011111011000010101 110101 10010010001 001001011101 001001010 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 209
Words 42
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by bills.53523 on August 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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