Analysis of Rules

François Giroux 1982 (Canada)



Trust no one
Underestimate no one
Take nothing personal
Be discreet
Fear nothing


Scheme AABCD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (60%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 111 101011 110100 101 110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 76
Words 13
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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