Analysis of New Year's Resolutions



The New Year's resolutions that we formulate
are concocted solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we simulate
are fictitious solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we imitate
are copycat solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we duplicate
are redundant solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we emulate
are quacksalver solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we initiate
are neophyte solutions and seldom really take

The New Year's resolutions that we fabricate
are counterfeit solutions and seldom really take


Scheme AB CB AB CB AB AB AB
Poetic Form
Metre 0110101110 1010010010101 01101011100 1010010010101 0110101110 110010010101 01101011100 1010010010101 0110101110 11010010101 01101011010 110010010101 0110101110 110010010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 626
Words 98
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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