Analysis of AN ORDINARY MAN
OVER-DRAWN BANK ACCOUNT
UN-BUTTONED CHECKED JACKET
LOOSE FITTING TROUSERS
MOUSEY BROWN LEATHER SHOES
ODD SOCKS LOOKING FOR A FRIEND
PEPPERED WHITE HORSE HAIR
PERFECTLY ALIGNED TEETH
EYES LIKE BLUE INDIGO SKIES
HE SPEAKS WITH A PRONOUNCED SPEECH IMPEDIMENT
STUTTERING SEVERAL WORDS
TRIPPING OVER EACH ONE
HE STANDS BEFORE US
FISHING
READING THE LINES ON OUR FACES
KNOWING WHAT WE ARE THINKING
| Scheme | XXXXX XXX XXX XA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101101 110110 11010 11101 1110101 10111 100011 111101 11100110100 100101 101011 11011 10 100111010 1011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 482 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 3, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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AN ORDINARY MAN
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