Analysis of Something



Something then nothing –
A parrot on my left shoulder
But it is not real


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10110 01011110 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 72
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by speakalittlefr on April 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Chief Speak-a-little-French

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