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 |
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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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