Analysis of Abandon The Shackles
Abolish the strictures
Magnify the name
See the larger pictures
Look outside the frame
Disregard the limits
Establish the signs
Get the freedom permits
Paint outside the lines
Abandon the shackles
Recognize the pox
Let zilch raise the hackles
Live outside the box
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010010 1001 101010 11101 01010 01001 101001 11101 010010 1001 111010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 252 |
Words | 43 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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