Analysis of City Life
Solitary monument protruding
Yellow pus
puncturing
the golden sidewalk
Stumpy hydrant arms
Dew laden or frost
Bitten for the mongrels private use in
The early morning rays
| Scheme | ABACDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100010 101 100 0101 1101 11011 101011010 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on November 04, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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