Analysis of The World Is Upside Down
The lie is lore. The czar is poor.
The fort is shanty town.
The wall is floor. The aft is fore.
The world is upside down.
The joy is sad. The sane is mad.
The grin is but a frown.
The nude is clad. The boy is dad.
The world is upside down.
The sea is red. The fish is dead.
The dupe is circus clown.
The soil is lead. The rat is fed.
The world is upside down.
The sky is jade. The queen is maid.
The barb is just a crown.
The sand is suede. The oaf is paid.
The world is upside down.
| Scheme | xaxA babA cacA dadA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01110111 011101 01110111 011111 01110111 011101 01110111 011111 01110111 011101 01110111 011111 01110111 011101 01110111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 468 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 24 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on April 01, 2023
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