Analysis of Domino
Domino, Domino where are you going,
with your pointed cap and white teeth showing?
Are you a jester in the court of kings?
Are you the fun of which all earth sings?
Do you dance for joy or to hide a pain?
What makes you laugh, then weep, then laugh again?
You sport cap and bells but you're no fool
perched upon a dunce's stool.
I think beneath your odd disguise
you really are extremely wise.
Oh, Domino, Domino tell me please;
are you, in truth, any of these?
| Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011110 1110101110 1101000111 110111111 1111111101 1111111101 111011111 101011 11011101 11010101 11010111 11011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 354 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 89 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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