Analysis of Band-Aids And Pick-Axes
Don't resort to acts of war
when peace talks will do.
Don't resort to either-or when no choice is true.
Don't resort to surgery
when Band-aids will do.
Don't resort to perjury when you could be true.
Don't resort to disbelief
when good faith will do.
Don't resort to woeful grief when some hope is true.
Don't resort to surliness
when kindness will do.
Don't resort to frostiness when heat could be true.
Don't resort to pick-axes
when door-keys will do.
Don't resort to poll taxes when no man is true.
| Scheme | XAA XAA XAA BAA BAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1011111 11111 101110111111 1011100 11111 101110011111 101101 11111 101110111111 10111 11011 1011111111 1011110 11111 101111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on May 02, 2023
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