Analysis of Clothes Hanger
Regard the female model:
wire hanger for clothes.
"Skinny"
a thing to coddle.
"Curved"
a thing for loathes.
Regard the female model:
anorexic straight frames.
"Bony"
a thing to swaddle.
"Ampled"
a thing for shames.
Regard the female model:
voluptuous as all sticks.
"Scrawny"
a thing to twaddle.
"Fleshed"
a thing for nicks.
| Scheme | Abcadb Aecade Afcaxf |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110 101011 10 01110 1 0111 010110 01011 10 0111 1 0111 010110 0100111 10 01110 1 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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