Analysis of Laughter's Still the Best Medicine
Crystal eyes, ruby lips
And hair of sunshine gold
Muscles bulging head to toe
That's perfect, so I'm told
Shoulders wide, six-foot tall
Big feet? That's a plus
The world's seeking perfection
That leaves the rest of us
Not quite so tall, too far around
Hair? It's gone in spots
My eyes are weak, my joints are sore
Does that mean I'm not hot?
A smile's my greatest feature
Not mine, though that will do
The smile that makes me sexy
Is the one I give to you
My sense of humor's quirky
It's strange and slightly bent
If my antics bring you laughter
Then my efforts are well spent
I'll dress to make you giggle
My outfits aren't Rembrandts
But if I really want a laugh
I'll smile and drop my pants.
Copyright c2005 Brian E. Spivey
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX CDED EFCF XGXG E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 01111 1010111 101111 101111 11101 0110010 110111 11111101 11101 11111111 111111 0111010 111111 0111110 1011111 111110 110101 11101110 1110111 1111110 11101 11110101 110111 10110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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