Analysis of Life's Improbable Drama
Life's plot is an improbable, dramatic proposition.
It is largely fortuitous
in a chance composition.
Written scripts are preposterous as they're read in audition.
There is no cunning rehearsal
for rendering tradition.
The screenplay is satirical with sharp wit and irony.
Human follies are depicted
with a caustic comedy.
Histrionic affectations are portrayed in daily scenes.
Sometimes concocted pretensions
are displayed in the routines.
Amphitheater arenas are the place of spectacles.
The complete cast of characters
are here acting out their roles.
Life's plot is sometimes escapade, fiasco or travesty.
It is broadly gratuitous
and comes with no guaranty.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110100010010 11100100 001010 101101001110010 11110010 1100010 01101001110100 10101010 1010100 01011010101 01010010 1010001 100100101011100 00111100 1110111 11101100101100 11100100 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 547 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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