Analysis of March madness



Just a game,
or life of fame,
or world of blame.
To win is the game,
to be on top
of the struggle or skirmish.


Scheme AAAABC
Poetic Form
Metre 101 1111 1111 11101 1111 1010110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 105
Words 25
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on April 04, 2013

Modified on March 31, 2023

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