Analysis of Entirely Too Tardy
Entirely too tardy I must say
To my own dismay every latent action I relay
Punishes no ones future but my own today
I would apologize to self, but know not how to convey
That my life exists to define the word disarray
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100110111 11101100101011 100111011101 11010111111101 111011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 213 |
Words | 43 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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