Analysis of The Gloom
As I crossed the sea into gloom
Thinking of the great big mighty ploom
It was our great god
That brought us from fog
It saved us from our certain doom
| Scheme | A A X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 11101011 101011101 111011 11111 111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Written on March 02, 2023
Submitted by vanlosc000 on March 02, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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