Analysis of Make/Do
A recurrent question, when meeting someone new,
is asking rhetorically:
"how do you do?"
This is more a greeting than finding how you feel.
No attention is given
to what is real.
A major inquiry, in acquaintance debut,
is asking to ascertain:
"what do you do?"
This is to classify and place in pigeonholes.
Stereotypes can confuse
people with roles.
A subtle inspection, as relationships take,
is asking to determine:
"what do you make?"
This is counting value on wealth and things with rife.
Not, did you "make a difference"
in someone's life?
Scheme | ABACDCAEAFFFGDGHFH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00101011011 1100100 1111 111010110111 1010110 1111 010010001001 110101 1111 111100101 100101 1011 01001010101 1101010 1111 111010110111 11110100 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 424 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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