Analysis of Child Fighting



Raging and force:
Through threats and slaps I did their will.
You'll now kowtow, I'll hit and yell.

Right of might:
Bigger and older, adults know best.
Unequal are rights, might is the test.

Role confusion:
Tough knuckled boy, curvaceous girl.
To play your role these traits unfurl.

Indulgence:
My whims indulged, I've had my way.
Now I exploit, others my prey.

Rigid demands:
To please you I your image meet.
Now plans of others I'll defeat.


Scheme XXX XAA XBB XCC XDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (47%)
Metre 1001 11011111 11111101 111 100100111 010111101 1010 110111 11111101 010 11011111 1111011 1001 11111101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 428
Words 77
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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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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