Analysis of "A Grin Without A Cat"
Zero to the thousandth power
logic on the run
Oblongata left in pieces
nothing zero-sum
Squaring the root unto itself
Euclid at the cliff
A equals B as B disappears
the quotient nondescript
Hickory Dickory’s mouse on the run
though nimble Jack gets burned
Formulas crumbling as integers balk
what’s ‘given’ mocked and spurned
Zero to the thousandth power
reason clones its fear
Classical thought—not selling or bought
Pythagorean tears
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| Scheme | Abxx xxxx bcxc Axxx a |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 10101 11010 10101 10011001 10101 01011101 010101 10011101 110111 10010011001 010101 10101010 10111 100111011 01001 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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