Analysis of The golden rule
We mutilate ourselves
for the sake of vanity
we do crazy things
in the name of sanity
We hurt each other
to make ourselves feel better
but wouldn't it be great
if we followed the golden rule to the letter?
Do unto others
as you want them done to you
it's not so very hard
a thing that we can do
You can't care about another
you can't treat them with respect
unless you learn to love yourself
so take some time to reflect
You never know until you try it
and wouldn't it be cool
if everyone around the world
obeyed the golden rule?
Scheme | ABCBDDEDFGHGDIJIKLML |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110001 1011100 11101 0011100 11110 11001110 110111 111001011010 11010 1111111 111101 011111 11101010 1111101 01111101 1111101 110101111 010111 1100101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 418 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on December 19, 2012
Modified on March 07, 2023
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