Analysis of Not all Things Glitter
Jerry Cassidy 1969 (NJ)
I try to prepare as best I can
Plan each line to flow
I cannot predict the direction
Or how it will go
Up, down, east, or west
Matching words like a test
Writing words with a pen
Answering who or when
What, where, how, or why
Like this poem, I still try
| Scheme | ABCBDDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111011111 11111 110010010 11111 11111 101101 101101 100111 11111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Written on October 02, 2016
Submitted by Themadpoet1969 on December 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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