Analysis of No Time For Humanity
No time for frivolity. No time for having fun.
No time for equality. No time for any one.
No time for hieroglyphics. No time for learning truth.
No time for nonspecifics. No time for any couth.
No time for witticism. No time for making quips.
No time for criticism. No time for any blips.
No time for insanity. No time for being mad.
No time for inanity. No time for any bad.
No time for chicanery. No time for playing tricks.
No time for the ornery. No time for any shticks.
No time for hedonism. No time for spoiling self.
No time for masochism. No time for any pelf.
No time for demography. No time for placing scales.
No time for geography. No time for any tales.
No time for humanity.No time for giving aid.
No time for urbanity. No time for any grade.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDECFFGGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100111101 1110100111101 111010111101 1111111101 1111111101 111100111101 1110100111101 1111111101 1110100111101 1110100111101 111100111101 1111000111101 1110100111101 1110100111101 111111101 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 742 |
| Words | 145 |
| Sentences | 33 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 582 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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