Analysis of Meanings



Use gives meaning to a word and changes denotation:
it's not that it's been misheard
but rather connotation.
There is an obscurity with "they say" implications:
phantoms of authority,
nebulous designations.
There is ambiguity with the "it" indication:
inferred sexuality,
oblique insinuation.
There is a ubiquity in the "how are you?" question:
tacit cordiality,
non-physical depiction.
There is an uncertainty with the "I love you" retort:
implicit intimacy,
fuliginous support.
Tease out what the user means in the voice intonation:
observe beyond what it seems,
the non-verbal expression.


Scheme ABACDCADAABAEDEAFA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010101 111111 110010 1110100111010 1010100 100010 110100101010 010100 010010 11001000011110 101 1100010 1110100101111 0101000 101 11101010010010 0101111 0110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 574
Words 89
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 474
Words per stanza (avg) 88
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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