Analysis of Crazy Boys
Eesha Peedi 1976 (California)
Watching buzzards,
Flying kites,
Lazy, crazy boys
The Wrights. They tried to fly just like a bird,
Foolish dreamers, Strange. Absurd. We scoffed and scorned Their dreams of flight.
But we were wrong
And they were Wright
| Scheme | ABCDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 101 10101 0111111101 101010111011111 1101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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