Analysis of The Jerk
Taunting cowardly as he walks
Passing people by
The jerk is always teasing
And trying to make people cry
"Hey look at that fat *ss!"
He says with selfish glee
"You can't do anything right!"
The jerk will disagree
He must have been teased
When he was growing up
For there is no one as mean
As the jerk when he's worked up
Someone needs to tell him
Before it gets too late
That his words are very hurtful
And full of contempt and hate
Maybe it's just time
To walk the other way
To get rid of all the jerks
In our lives today
Scheme | ABXB ACXC XDXD XEXE XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10100111 10101 011110 01011101 111111 111101 111101 011001 11111 111101 1111111 1011111 11111 011111 11111010 0110101 10111 110101 1111101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 503 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on June 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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