Analysis of A poor woman's speech
Speak of dignity.
Speak of sanity.
Of the poor without faces known in rooms of luxury.
Speak of futures.
Speak of listeners.
Of those that can carry the words forward with open hearted judgement.
Speak of the wholesome utopias.
Speak of the wild.
Of the planet tamed by global warming.
Speak of possibilities.
Speak of honesty.
Of equalities between the condemned.
Speak of who we might be.
Speak of who cannot be.
Of the way of lives suited to eventualities before death.
Speak of sight.
Speak of vision.
Of those who exist alongside the natural sence of self.
Speak of Father Mother God Creator Devine and what if peace was the only possibility.
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Metre | 11100 11100 10101101011100 1110 11100 11111001101101010 110100100 1101 1010111010 110100 11100 1101001 111111 111101 101111011011 111 1110 111010110100111 111010101001011110100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 516 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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