Analysis of Encyclopedic Pedants



The encyclopedia
has many things to know.
The alphabetical order is a directive flow
.
The encyclopedia
has fifty million words.
The vocabulary lexis is that which undergirds.

The encyclopedia
has thirty-five grand sheets.
The essential information is what wisdom completes.

The encyclopedia
has sixty-five grand tracts.
The industrious articles is based on researched facts.

The encyclopedia
has twenty-five grand shots.
The myriad illustrations is evidence for plots.

The encyclopedia
if read from A to Z
will fill the coffers of the mind quite pedantically.


Scheme Abb Acc Add Aee Aff Axx
Poetic Form
Metre 000100 110111 0010010100101 1 000100 110101 00100101111 000100 110111 0010010111001 000100 110111 00100100111011 000100 110111 0100010110011 000100 111011 1101010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 84
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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