Analysis of A poem of Jest
How did I, yet again coerce
myself into submitting verse
What subtly entered as a test
now has me striving towards the best
I should have known, by coming near
that you would charm my way in here
And though annoyed by right should be
I find myself in utter glee
of likely having failed my test
but successing in a poem of jest
Such humor after taxing days
doth chase away the moody grays
A polychrome of rainbow hues
creates a pink from out of blues
A lifting of such spirits fine
does overcome this mood of mine
Propensity to see such light
perhaps will fill you with a fright
So joy have I, did you coerce
myself into submitting verse.
Scheme | aAbbcdeebbffgghhiiaA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 1010101 110010101 111100101 11111101 11111101 01011111 1110101 11010111 11001011 11010101 11010101 01111 01011111 01011101 1101111 01001111 01111101 11111101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 512 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on December 26, 2009
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