Analysis of Chills



Colder than a rich man with something to lose.
George Armstrong Custer on death, “So be it.”
One cool customer.
Bob Seger line, “He was quicker than they thought he just turned his back and walked.”


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 10101111011 111011111 11100 110111101111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 206
Words 40
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on August 16, 2022

Submitted on August 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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