Analysis of The Intern



The Intern
He can be bold, he can be brash,
    but really wants the sash,
        to you, he may seem too old,
            but needs to enter the fold,

Has difficulty being humble,
    and a tendency to grumble,
        on you, he has been sold,
            so please don't leave him in the cold.

His promise is now good,
  in spite of the shaky ground where he once stood,
      would shed his own blood,
            to be a member of the club.

So in summation,
    save him from his own damnation,
        and lead him to an association,
            where he can continue his creation.


Scheme XAABB CCBB DDXX EEEE
Poetic Form
Metre 010 11111111 110101 1111111 1111001 110001010 00100110 111111 11111001 110111 01101011111 11111 11010101 10010 11111010 011110010 1110101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 591
Words 117
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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a funny thing that happened to me once upon a time

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Submitted by on February 08, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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