Analysis of Treasures
We have treasures to offer
To others I am told.
Pearls, more valuable than platinum or gold.
All too often, we give them away
Squandered, wasted, misspent, some would say
And that which was free, unearned, on the house
Has no value to a villainous, bloodsucking louse.
Along came another and you gave them away
And that which was free has no value today!
| Scheme | XAA BBCC BX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110110 110111 1110011011 111011101 101001111 0111101101 111010100101 011010011101 011111110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 353 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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