Analysis of Nitpicking Paul
I knew a man named Paul
Who thought he knew it all.
He felt it was his job to say
At least a dozen times each day,
"You're doing that wrong!"
He made the workers feel uptight
Each time he said to, "Do it right".
They cheered each time he left the room,
Because he only brought them gloom
And NEVER did belong!
One day they asked if he would leave,
A thought that he could not conceive.
Their message was in written form,
Whose end result was just lukewarm,
Since he found words spelled "rong".
Scheme | AABBC DDEEC FFGGC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 111111 11111111 11010111 11011 11010101 11111111 11111101 01110111 010101 11111111 01111101 11010101 11011111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Those who complain a lot!
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Written on July 11, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 25, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 25, 2023
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