Analysis of Snakes Swallow Their Tails
Logical deduction: aggression assails
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Sensual seduction: inspection surveils
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Potential defection: distraction derails
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Temporal persuasion: restriction curtails
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Essential reduction: absorption prevails
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Tangential subjection: incursion impales
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
Eventual construction: creation travails
Circular destruction: snakes swallow their tails
| Scheme | aA aA aA aA aA aA aA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10001001001 10001011011 1000100101 10001011011 01001001001 10001011011 10001001001 10001011011 01001001001 10001011011 010101001 10001011011 010001001001 10001011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 612 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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