Analysis of They say we are Poor?
Hot dogs and pork and beans,
smiling and laughing at all the trivial things,
unconditional hugs from all of the family,
our love,
making the hard times much softer,
these were my experiences with poverty,
a foundation laid in philosophy.
| Scheme | ABCDECC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 100101101001 010011110100 101 10011110 101010001100 0010100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on March 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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