Analysis of ASL



The Deaf Community can "talk"
With movement of their hands
And fingers like a perfect clock
That each can understand.

The movement can be fast or slow
Like graceful poetry,
Personified for them to show
Their souls in artistry!

The fluidity of ASL
Shows how it is a way
To say things that most want to tell,
Within their hands ballet.


Scheme XXXX ABAB ACXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 01010011 110111 01010011 11101 01011111 110100 0101111 110100 0010011 111101 11111111 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 335
Words 67
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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American Sign Language

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Written on April 21, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 21, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on April 21, 2024

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