Analysis of Pour
Spry pomp marching on a shore,
well-wrought shapes art from limbs with gore,
the shades of his scales light,
he begs though much to him requite
and in his cup an ocean pour.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick (80%) Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 1110101 11111111 011111 1111111 00111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on December 18, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on December 18, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on December 18, 2023
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