Analysis of The 'Whole' Is Greater
I liked Democrats
when they acted like Republicans
I liked Republicans
when they socialized with Democrats
I liked women
when they reveled in their difference
I liked men
—when they didn’t act at all
(The New Room: August, 2022)
Scheme | AB BA XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 111010100 110100 1110110 1110 111001100 111 111111 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 252 |
Words | 49 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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