Analysis of BANG
The door banged
I was startled
At my work
But more amazed I was
At unnecessary violence
Found in the things.
Then I noticed
My little son
Had come in-------excitedly
Meaning no harm.
Such is life, too
Sweet and innocent
But cruel to no purpose at all.
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 1110 111 110111 10100100 1001 1110 1101 1100100 1011 1111 10100 110111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on January 22, 2022
Submitted by vckarr17 on January 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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