Analysis of Absurdity And Lucidity
Objective Reality:
Human existence is absurd,
irrational and nil.
The universe is meaningless,
irrelevant and frill.
Subjective Reality:
Human existence is lucid,
coherent and sane.
The universe is meaningful,
significant and main.
| Scheme | AXBXB AXCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01010 10010101 010001 0101100 010001 01010 10010110 01001 0101100 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 10, 2023
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