Analysis of Final Answer



In the "final answer" there is a fatal flaw.
Nothing is forever
so this sticks in one's craw.
In the "final answer" there is a shifting sand.
Nothing is unchanging
so this plays secondhand.
In the "final answer" there is a false outcome.
Nothing is absolute
so this shows a ho-hum.
In the "final answer" there is a major fault.
Nothing is unblemished
so this becomes assault.
In the "final answer" there is a thin disguise.
Nothing is consummate
so this touts a surmise.
In the "final answer" there is a house-of-cards.
Nothing is unshaken
so this promotes canards.


Scheme ABACDCEFEGHGIJIKLI
Poetic Form
Metre 001010110101 101010 111011 001010110101 101010 11110 00101011011 10110 111011 001010110101 101010 110101 001010110101 101100 111001 001010110111 101010 11011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 548
Words 99
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 439
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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