Analysis of a similarity between good poetry and syphilis



it’s an incessant thought that you obsess over and
if left untreated
it will inhibit your ability to live normally.
a Urinary Tract Infection of the mind
that will drive you to madness,
but on the bright side
it will chauffeur you back.


Scheme ABCDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011101100 11010 110101010011100 01001010101 1111110 11011 110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 232
Words 43
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 190
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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