Analysis of Betty Anne (an example)
Betty Anne is pretty
Bette Anne is smart
Bette Anne was decent from the very start
Betty got confused
And thought a drug would help
She had a better respect for the drug
Than she had for herself
Betty Anne got pregnant welfare paid for this
All that crossed her mind
Was all the drugs that she would miss
Betty Anne used monthly checks
To pay for the expensive drugs
This soon was not enough
She began to mug
Betty Anne's newborn is by this time dead
This "small incident" briefly passed
Through Betty Anne's head
But Betty Anne is strong now
And knows that she can cope
Betty Anne found peace today swinging from a rope.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHGIJKELMLNOO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) |
| Metre | 101110 10111 10111010101 10101 010111 1101001101 111101 1011101111 11101 11011111 1011101 11100101 111101 10111 1011011111 11100101 11011 1101111 011111 101110110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 602 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on October 19, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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