Analysis of Hobgoblin



Hobgoblin
in our midst,
what is your intent?
Are you here to stir up fear
and foster dissent?
Hobgoblin
in our midst,
what is your caprice?
Are you here to stir up fear
and extort by fleece?
Hobgoblin
in our midst,
what is your mandate?
Are you here to stir up fear
and patronize hate?
Hobgoblin
in our midst,
what is your desire?
Are you here to stir up fear
and baptize by fire?


Scheme ABcDcABeDeABfDfABgDg
Poetic Form Tetractys  (45%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1 0101 11101 1111111 01001 1 0101 11101 1111111 00111 1 0101 1111 1111111 0101 1 0101 111010 1111111 001110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 361
Words 74
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 295
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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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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