Analysis of Average 1
It's average to think you're normal
It's normal to think you're sane
It's sane to think you're balanced
It's balanced to think you're germane
It's standard to think you're righteous
It's righteous to think you're fair
It's fair to think you're moral
It's moral to think you're foursquare
It's basic to think you're witty
It's witty to think you're bright
It's bright to think you're adept
It's adept to think you're all right
It's central to think you're focused
It's focused to think you're real
It's real to think you're worthy
It's worthy to think you're ideal
| Scheme | ABXB XCAC DEXE XFDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110011110 1101111 1111110 11011101 11011110 1101111 1111110 11011111 11011110 1101111 1111101 10111111 11011110 1101111 1111110 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 548 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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