Analysis of Pity More Apt
I’m tired of people
slinging hash
and calling it Haute Cuisine
The Emperor naked
behind the mirror
where truth still reigns supreme
Waiting for accolades
pity more apt
so they again can void
Leaving their excrement
out on display
— only the rats to enjoy
(The New Room: March, 2024)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 101 0101101 010010 01010 111101 10110 1011 110111 101100 1101 1001101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 291 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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