Analysis of About Gout
Ray Hoover 1956 (WI)
Had it out in a bout with gout.
Hit me with a rain of pain
Stinging, searing, stumbling, stubborn
Tylenol, Advil Advil, Tylenol Tylenol, Advil.
Right hook. Left shook. Might took.
Down then up, then down again
Pounding, pummeling, punching pain
Wilted, wounded, worried, worn.
Colchicine in round fifteen—
Needed. Kneed kneaded knee.
Finally free,
I had it out in a bout with gout.
| Scheme | ABCDEFBGHIIA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100111 1110111 101010010 100111001001 111111 1111101 10100101 1010101 1000101 10111 1001 111100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on March 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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