Analysis of Drain The Swamp
The symptom disregard
Find the root and mode
Don't defeat the canard
Simply change the goad
The symptom overthrow
Find the cause and romp
Don't swat the mosquito
Simply drain the swamp
The symptom disenchant
Find the source and rest
Don't press the little ant
Simply cleanse the nest
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD AEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01001 10101 101001 10101 01010 10101 110010 10101 0101 10101 110101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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