Analysis of HUNGER, vol 1
Hei! You delighted but worthless pride,
Hanging around thinking the world your bride,
Her children you chase with awful stride,
Hail you not, helter skelter you run but can't hide.
Useless as you are like a century old tree,
Us with you an association the world doesn't agree,
Under no circumstance will you then live for free,
Understand us this time for you can issue no decree.
No more desire to live happily in this world,
Nothing anymore because our gullets are curled,
Never again would we fear, even if you hurled,
Nor would we prone,though your spirits are uncoiled.
| Scheme | AAAA BBBB CCCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110101101 1001100111 010111101 111101011111 101111010011 11110010011001 10110111111 0111111110101 1101011100011 10010110111 100111110111 111111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 563 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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