Analysis of Out Of Order
Where is it? Is it
Neither between nor through?
A whole hour I laughed
With you in a minute.
Sea of madness take your cue.
Oh, wow! Where was I
When I really needed me?
I wonder why, I wonder.
Supposing I am...
Am I then supposed to be?
Where are your heads
All you who pass by?
When you are wanted most
And you're not there
What good am I?
Is there a person alive?
Who's never made a mistake?
Sweet dreams baby.
It must be out of order
To grow up, to hope, to quake.
| Scheme | XAXXA BCDXC XBXXB XECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 11111 100111 011011 110010 1110111 11111 1110101 1101110 01011 1110111 1111 11111 111101 0111 1111 1101001 1101001 1110 1111110 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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