Analysis of The Addressee
Abu-Ubaida Sani 1993 (Bauchi)
The letters the way you go by selecting,
The bulkiest in dictionary in the beginning.
If ironical selection you do,
The last letter of the alphabet is number two.
The last letter of you,
Is the next on queue.
The fourth coincidence with alphabet arrangement,
As in the beginning of development.
The next and the second,
They do correspond.
In a dictionary, the next is after the first one,
If you are there, all must have been done.
| Scheme | AA BB BB CC XX DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 01001111010 01010000010 1010001011 011010101101 011011 10111 010100110010 10001010100 010010 1101 0010001110011 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 437 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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