Analysis of Poem 678
Unkempt oily hair
Odorous tattered attire
Weathered dirty skin
Standing with his cardboard sign
As the traffic passes by
| Scheme | X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01101 10010010 10101 101111 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 116 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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