Analysis of Perfect Control
Nobody understood me
I was sane
I found my old brain
lying in the rain
It is the truth!
Scheme | XA AA X |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
Metre | 1011 111 11111 10001 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 83 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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