Analysis of Insignificant
I am but a speck
stuck on this vast oracle
of not to be
but a spectacle
in ones looking glass
| Scheme | ABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 11101 1111100 1111 10100 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 89 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on October 12, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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