Analysis of Planet of Hate

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



It's a wonder we've survived so long
Since Cain and Abel things started going wrong
Today we still don't all get along
Extinction is the destination we belong


Scheme AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 101010111 11010110101 011111101 01010010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 158
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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Written on September 29, 2023

Submitted on September 29, 2023

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