Analysis of Sitting
My youth is long gone.
No longer a hound.
But with Art; glory bound.
Now on the porch
But with girls I carry a torch.
| Scheme | ABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 11111 11001 111101 1101 11111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 117 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on March 19, 2024
Submitted on March 19, 2024
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