Analysis of First Hand Witness
Who is the first hand witness? Who sees with your eyes?
What is the crucial litmus beyond odd surprise?
Who is the first hand witness? Who feels with your heart?
What is the crucial litmus beyond plastic art?
Who is the first hand witness? Who speaks with your lips?
What is the crucial litmus beyond comic strips?
Who is the first hand witness? Who thinks with your mind?
What is the crucial litmus beyond usual grind?
Who is the first hand witness? Who hears with your ears?
What is the crucial litmus beyond thin veneers?
Who is the first hand witness? Who walks with your shoe?
What is the crucial litmus beyond witches' brew?
Who is the first hand witness? Who breathes with your lungs?
What is the crucial litmus beyond forked tongues?
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 110111011111 110101001101 110111011111 110101001101 110111011111 110101001101 110111011111 1101010011001 110111011111 110101001101 110111011111 110101001101 110111011111 11010100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 728 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 22 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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