Analysis of Oxymoron
Shari Sullivan 1967 (Arizona)
Looking like the living dead
In this endless hour I dread
Alone together is old news
An open secret if I choose
Sounds of silence in this organized mess
Leave me clearly confused I must confess
Same difference I will act naturally
Just please be brutally honest with me
It's all backwards compatibility
I'm growing smaller in this small crowd
Deeply superficial I think out loud
Can't take your friendly fire so stand down
The controlled chaos is making me frown
Run slowly and happily fail
It's the sweet sorrow on which I dwell
Complicated Simplicity of the adult child
Passive aggressive and a little wild
A tragic comedy but awfully good
The cruel kindness I knew you would
An honest thief but ignorance is bliss
A minor crisis coming to this
Scheme | AABBCCDDDEEFFGHIIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 01101011 01010111 11010111 111001101 1110011101 11001111000 1111001011 111000100 110100111 100101111 1111010111 0011011011 11001001 101101111 100010010011 1001000101 0101001101 010101111 1101110011 010101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 611 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted by lightandloveforall_1 on May 06, 2021
Modified by lightandloveforall_1 on May 06, 2021
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