Analysis of Every Unspent Penny
All your unspent money will fall in other's hands
who think it is funny
to blow on one-night-stands.
It's time to fly first-class or successors will.
Get out of your morass
and long held dreams fulfill.
Any unspent asset will have new ownership
enjoyed in a facet
for wastrels to outstrip.
Saved by being frugal you have a nice nest egg.
At taps of the bugle
it poufs like powder-keg.
Every unspent penny will someday lay in waste
or fall prey to many
and be consumed in haste.
An unearned bonanza receives no true respect.
An extravaganza
displays benign neglect.
Scheme | ABA CXC DXD EXE FBF GXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110110101 111110 111111 11111110101 111101 011101 1001111110 010010 11101 111010110111 111010 111101 100011011101 111110 010101 101010011101 10010 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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