Analysis of WHICH ARE YOU 1

Debbie Middaugh AKA TURBO1904 1963 (San Diego, CA.)



Are you a SAINT,
Or SINNER?
  Are you BREAKFAST,
Or DINNER?

Are you a TOP,
Or BOTTOM?
  Are you a ROW,
Or a COLUMN?

Are you ROCK,
Or COUNTRY?
  Are you SATURDAY,
Or SUNDAY?

Are you LIGHTNING,
Or THUNDER?
  Are you the KNOW,
Or the WONDER?

Are you RIP,
Or TEAR?
  Are you HERE,
Or THERE?

Are you PHYSICAL,
Or MENTAL?
  Are you ROUGH,
Or GENTLE?

Are you ANARCHY,
Or DEMOCRACY?
  Are you CAULIFLOWER,
Or BROCCOLI?

Are you FAST,
Or SLOW?
  Are you SUCK,
Or BLOW?

Are you TRAGEDY,
Or COMEDY?
  Are you ILLNESS,
Or REMEDY?

Are you EARTH,
Or SPACE?
  Are you LEATHER,
Or LACE?


Scheme XAXA XBCB XDDX XACA XEXE FFXF DDAD XCXC DDXD XGAG
Poetic Form Tetractys  (73%)
Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (38%)
Metre 1101 110 1110 110 1101 110 1101 1010 111 110 11100 11 1110 110 1101 1010 111 11 111 11 11100 110 111 110 11100 10100 11100 1100 111 11 111 11 11100 1100 1110 1100 111 11 1110 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 613
Words 158
Sentences 21
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 11

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Written on September 16, 2023

Submitted by Turbo1904 on April 26, 2023

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