Analysis of Twenty
Write a poem in twenty lines or less
For me, this is hardship I must confess.
To find a way to say what is said
Twenty lines will put this poem to bed.
But this is contest, must have limits,
To get everyone in as space permits.
Ungrateful you! Charge us for biography.
For what sorrow this gentle theology.
But proud and grateful should all of us be.
You publish almost anyone, even poor me.
We buy your books, read our dreams.
But, twenty lines is not enough it seems.
Cover to cover, your books are filled with hopes.
We still could use fifty, maybe sixty lines folks.
To really express all that we have to say,
Of course, short poems is all most have time for today.
Some long poems go on and on,
Those should be gone like a bad, bad song.
Each month hereafter please, give us a chance,
To complete our song, to finish our dance.
Scheme | AABBCDEEEEFFGHIIJKLL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010010111 1111101101 110111111 1011111011 111101110 111001101 01011110100 11101100100 1101011111 1101101011 11111101 1101110111 10110111111 111110101011 11001111111 1111011111101 11101101 111110111 1101011101 101101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 813 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 643 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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Submitted on April 11, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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