Analysis of Hold the Onion
On task of purchasing a sandwich,
I find I've propositioned
The deli man on one of his off
Days--he slices my meat upside-down
And forgets to hold my onion,
The resulting string of swears fluttering
From his lips a virtual origami swan
Of profanity, elegant in rhythm,
After what must have been
Years of arduous practice, yet
Defying practice, his stubby fingers
Slip, sending my Swiss
To the dirty floor with a slop,
The drop delivering to my ears an apology
So muddled it was a flagellation of words,
His lips stubborn to form them,
Like a three-year-old eye-rubbing
To fight off the unwanted nap.
But never again
Will I taste a better sandwich.
Scheme | AXXXXBXXXX XXXXXXBX XA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 111100010 111010 010111111 111011111 00111110 0010111100 111010011 10100100010 101111 11100101 0101011010 11011 10101101 01010011110100 110110111 1110111 10111110 11100101 11001 11101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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