Analysis of Senectitude
The final scope
of the life span
is dubbed senectitude.
The final grope
can never scan
last felt ingratitude.
The final rope
in salvage plan
fails all correctitude.
The final hope
for woeful man
is bliss beatitude.
| Scheme | ABC ABC ABC ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 1011 111 0101 1101 111 0101 0101 111 0101 1101 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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