Analysis of What A Fool Believes
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If the price is right.
And one's pockets are filled,
With nothing but lint.
Morning, noon or night.
And a payment is made,
To know it good to feel in hands tight.
A fool can be convinced to believe anything!
| Scheme | ABCADAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 011011 11011 10111 001011 111111011 01110110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on June 16, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on June 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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