Analysis of Cheerfully Empty

Renee D. Bickmore 1970 (St. Helens, OR)



My mind may be tense
Free of bubbly action
Yea, I never quit.
My honor may guile
When I'm up against a wall
Like Humpty Dumpty.
~RD


Scheme ABCDEFC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111010 11101 11011 1110101 11010 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 131
Words 29
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 27

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Something else to do when sober

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Written on March 29, 2023

Submitted by reneebickmore70 on March 30, 2023

Modified on April 17, 2023

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