Analysis of Sotto Voce And Eyeball Roll
Very softly speaking, uttered in a drone,
it was sotto voce in an undertone.
Every word was silent, soundlessly unknown,
it was sotto voce in a quiet-zone.
No ear can discern it, hearing must disown,
it was sotto voce by the overthrown.
Only with lip-reading, uttered words are known,
it was sotto voce by expression shown.
Very subtle judgments, mimicked in a mime,
it was an eyeball roll in derisive time.
Every move was silent, haughty and sublime,
it was an eyeball roll like an oozing slime.
No glance can dismiss it, seeing can't begrime,
it was an eyeball roll as bad as a crime.
A quiet parody, like a mocking rhyme,
it was an eyeball roll of a scornful stime.
Scheme | AAAA AAAA BBBB BBBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10101010001 11110110 1001110101 111100101 11101110101 11111001 10111010111 111110101 10101010001 1111100101 100111010001 1111111101 1110111011 1111111101 01010010101 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 653 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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