Analysis of Rules



Do whatever you would like to do
within limits
Don't hurt others
or influence others
You enjoy doing things you're way
that is good
I'm going to go smoke a cigarette


Scheme ABCCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 0110 1110 110010 10110111 111 110111001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 159
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on February 01, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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