Analysis of Answers To The Riddle



I found the riddle's answer
I drank from the deep fountain
I walked hidden paths, I climbed the mountain

I learned there is real treasure
I saw secrets lie within
I sensed the values, I know what to win

I put ads in the paper
I tapped doors in morning sun
I woke-up the town, I told everyone

I signed contracts with myself
I swore to God with a stand
I made a blood-oath, I shook my own hand

Hear, hear the proclamation
"There's no way to achieve it.
You're already home. Simply believe it."


Scheme ABB ACC ABB XDD BEE
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 1110110 1110111010 1111110 1110101 1101011111 1110010 1110101 111011110 11111 1111101 1101111111 110010 1111011 1010110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 477
Words 96
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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