Analysis of Illiteration



Pouring into this ponderous pit
In plain self piteous writ
A purely pathetic pine
For the appearance of wit.


Scheme AABA
Poetic Form Mâni 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 100111001 01111 0100101 1001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 105
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by TobinRichardson. on April 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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