Analysis of Just Ask Fred



6ix million guns sold in
7eventeen days
A nother movie cutter
Murdered today

Who wisht this bloodshed
On the children of sandy
Need a gun
Your neighbor has one
                              handy


Scheme XXXX XABBA
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 11 0101010 1001 1111 1010110 101 11011 10
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 187
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on June 21, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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