Analysis of A Silly One
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
A Silly One
I know my brother
Loves me
How about
You
They say that witch
Might cure you
And now I’m
Free
Some say
Just give Alaska a try
What if
We’re alone there
You and I
Edwin Tanguma 08/23/2002
| Scheme | X XAXBXBXAXCXXC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 0101 11110 11 101 1 1111 111 011 1 11 1101001 11 0011 101 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 382 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 13, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
From the dark years colkection…Threw and thru… “Those who live in glass houses…Should not throw stones…”
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