Analysis of Oh the Guilt
Shari Sullivan 1967 (Arizona)
Anxious, but depressed
I backtrack
Digress
I won't want more of less
best left
Unspoken
Unspoken
Best kept intentions
I need an
Intervention
You don't need my permission
It's almost
Intermission
Intermission
Commission, omission
Commission, omission
Commission, omission
Oh the Guilt
Oh the Guilt
Oh the guilt
Scheme | xxaax BB xxbbx BB BBB CCC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (65%) Etheree (45%) |
Metre | 10101 11 01 111111 11 010 010 11010 111 010 1111010 11 010 010 010010 010010 010010 101 101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 292 |
Words | 47 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 2 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by lightandloveforall_1 on May 04, 2021
Modified by lightandloveforall_1 on May 06, 2021
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