Analysis of He Wants To Be A Man
Lord this boy is bright
as a ten-watt lightbulb
well, he needs some home-schooling
to properly integrate himself
into our society
Lord, don't send this boy to hell
take the gun out of his hands
please give this boy a chance
Oh Lord, don't let him drink
from the poison well
just because he wants to be a man
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 10111 1111110 11001001 01100100 1111111 1011111 111101 111111 10101 101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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