Analysis of What Looks Like A Duck



These days of false appearances made,
What looks like a duck...
Maybe something else entirely different.
Adults who look as if to be who they are,
Could be more a child...
Than children knowing to accept truth,
For what it is.
While those appearing to look like adults,
But act like kids.
Are attempting to censor,
Everything to prevent...
Themselves from growing up!


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKL
Poetic Form
Metre 111101001 11101 101010100100 01111111111 11101 110101011 1111 1101011101 1111 1010110 10101 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 367
Words 74
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 287
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Written on June 10, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on June 11, 2023

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