Analysis of Depression
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Depression is a son of a bitch.
My ambition
Is hindered by my melancholy.
I sleep too much.
To keep myself alert,
I merely read
and read,
Despite the fact
it robs me of life,
it serves as a splendid reprieve.
| Scheme | ABCDEFFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 010101101 1010 11011100 1111 11101 1101 01 0101 11111 11101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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