Analysis of Philosophies

Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)



In philosophies,
I have found nothing of value,
nothing that could  be called freedom.
 Just cloying dust ,the heavy tread
of dancing with the the dead.


Scheme ABCDD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 00100 11110110 10111110 11010101 1101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 152
Words 29
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on April 29, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on April 29, 2024

Modified by robertl.92681 on April 29, 2024

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