Analysis of Wishy-washy
They are rinky-dinky,
the sad booboisies.
They are slinky-kinky,
the weird escapees.
They are smoggy-foggy,
the odd bizarrerie.
They are soggy-boggy,
the dank inductees.
They are dingy-stingy,
the old debauchees.
They are fringy-mingy,
the mean attendees.
They are goofy-spooky,
the new bourgeoisies.
They are spoofy-fluky,
the mad franchisees.
They are scabby-crabby,
the vile coteries.
They are shabby-flabby,
the fat arrestees.
They are wishy-washy,
the weak bonhomies.
They are squishy-squashy,
the faint devotees.
Scheme | ABAB AXAB ABXB ABAB ABAB ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11110 011 111010 0101 111010 011 11101 01011 111010 011 1111 01011 111010 011 1111 0101 11110 011 111010 011 111010 011 111010 01101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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