Analysis of big dipper
splayed: my body to the earth
crucifix: my arms out wide
connected with the forward motion
67,000 miles per hour
transcendental ride.
Scheme | ABCDB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 101111 010101010 1110 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 129 |
Words | 23 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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