Analysis of Kowalski Break Out The Arms



Anyone want to hear a Polish joke?

There’s a contest.
First prize you win a car.  
Second prize you win a trip to Hawaii.
Third prize you get to fight an old Polish woman.


Scheme X XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101110101 1010 111101 1011101101 111111111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 176
Words 39
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 4
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Written on January 06, 2022

Submitted on January 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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