Analysis of The Second Sandy
one mum
one gun
one son
poor poor sandy so tattered
more than any ocean storm could batter
one mum with a gun
taught her only son to murder
"now kill'em all. let's have some fun"
said one mum with a gun
one mum
one gun
one son
Scheme | ABB xc bc bb ABB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 11 11 1110110 1110101110 11101 10101110 11111111 111101 11 11 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 216 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on June 16, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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