Analysis of Goose Egg



Your lips have kissed the many. Your arms have held a few.
You haven't cared for any.
You're an ill-tempered shrew.

You trifle with affection. You tease seductively.
You show no circumspection.
You're a depravity.

Your dress is scant and meager. Your hips swing out in space.
You are a walking trigger.
You're a massive disgrace.

You dance an awkward shuffle. You vocalize off-key.
You countless feathers ruffle.
You're a sheer misery.

Your mind is limp and gimpy. Your thoughts are out of tune.
You are feckless and wimpy.
You're plainly picayune.

Your schemes are claptrap notion. Your purposes are vague.
You cause raging commotion.
You're a giant goose egg.


Scheme XAB ACA DBD AXA EAE XCX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111101 1101110 111101 1101010110100 111010 100100 1111010111101 1101010 101001 11110101111 1101010 101100 111101111111 1110010 11001 111110110011 1110010 101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 644
Words 110
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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