Analysis of You're A Cockroach
If you can tell your friends by sniffing pheromones
if you have relatives in palaces and homes
you're a cockroach.
If you possess six legs on which each has three knees
if you are a member of five thousand species
you're a cockroach.
If you go without food a month before you're dead
if you can live a week without having a head
you're a cockroach.
If for forty minutes you can hold in your breath
if you spend three quarters of all your time in rest
you're a cockroach.
If you survive worldwide with a genetic flow
if you first got started millions of years ago
you're a cockroach.
| Scheme | xxA bbA ccA xxA ddA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 11111111010 111100010001 101 110111111111 111010111010 101 111011010111 111101011001 101 111010111011 111110111101 101 110111100101 111110101101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 568 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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