Analysis of Helter-Skelter
When life becomes helter-skelter everything seems out of kilter.
It makes you want to run for shelter.
When life becomes scribble-scrabble voices seem like noisy babble.
It makes you bring down the raised gavel.
When life becomes topsy-turvy everyone seems brash and nervy.
It makes your way twisted and curvy.
When life becomes rabble-rousing demagogues seem to have housing.
It makes you feel just like carousing.
When life becomes razzle-dazzle everywhere seems without mazel.
It makes your nervous system frazzle.
When life becomes brutal-burlesque caricatures seem picaresque.
It makes your mental image grotesque.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD BB DX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101011110 111111110 1101101010111010 111110110 110110101011010 111110010 110110101011110 111111010 110110101010110 111101010 11011001010011 111101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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