Analysis of The Gay Narcissist



I looked in the mirror, “I’m hot.” I noted
“What are you, a narcissist?” My friend asked
“No, I’m gay.” I replied
I’m both


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11001011110 1110100111 111101 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 140
Words 27
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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