Analysis of Can't Even

Anyday 1984 (CO)



Heaven shines ahead.
Needless to say
it looks great.

You approach the
golden richness
and crash into the gate.


Scheme XXA XXA
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1011 111 1010 1010 010101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 112
Words 23
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Written on April 26, 2023

Submitted by on April 27, 2023

Modified on April 27, 2023

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