Analysis of Balderdash
Mockery and dirty pool
are primitive charade
Derision and ridicule are primitive facade
Vulgarity and insolence
are primitive grimace
Parody and impudence are primitive disgrace
Stupidity and falderal
are primitive display
Travesty and overhaul are primitive foray
Inanity and mulishness
are primitive folly
Vanity and foolishness are primitive jolly
Audacity and disrespect
are primitive disdain
Trickery and disconnect are primitive chicane
Macaroni and sassafras
are primitive nonsense
Baloney and balderdash are primitive pretense
| Scheme | AXX BXX ACC BDD XEE XFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1000101 110001 010010110001 01000100 110010 10001110001 010001 110001 100010110010 101 110010 1000100110010 0100001 110001 100000111001 010010 110010 010010110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 517 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
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