Analysis of The World
Michelle Lois Foy 1970 (Myrtle Beach, SC)
A dragon with measles,
Rules islands of weasels,
Who answer to vultures and wolves.
While jackals in castles,
With porcupine vassals,
Subjugate all the creatures with hooves.
And porcelain witches,
With straw in their britches,
Vacation in sunny Bombay.
As nobody listens,
To little white pigeons,
Their song has been taken away.
| Scheme | AAX AAX BBC DDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110 110110 11011001 11010 11010 10101011 010010 110110 01001001 1110 110110 11111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 318 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Divinely inspired and scribbled during a dissociative trance.
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