Analysis of An Anointed
When I knew a man anointed
He, who claimed the public appointed
All his outrageous deeds
His lascivious needs
One husband saw his jaw, disjointed
Jack Richards
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| Scheme | AABBX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010 111010010 110101 101001 110111010 110 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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