Analysis of Why do leeches cry?
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Leeches cry
when the host is dry
maybe he is broke
leaches don't care.
Cancer in your blood
like a known word
most familiar to you
a friend in disguise.
Leeches on a birch
it's medicine is drained
cursed from birth
a choice-less dare.
Medicine for your cancer
Poison for your life
wolves in sheep clothing
that's your family tree.
Leeches, please don't cry
this host is far gone
death by your hands
many years ago.
Rejected to deject
silly common sense
you thought he was dead
Who's the birch now.
| Scheme | A AAXAXXXX XXXAAXXA AXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 101 101 10111 10111 1011 10011 1011 101011 01001 10101 110011 111 0111 1001110 10111 10110 111001 10111 11111 1111 10101 010101 10101 11111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 521 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 08, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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