Analysis of The written word
Aye, the written word!
Dearly, my dearest friend
Bestow the meekest with thy power
Liberate thy most ignorant follower
Then to them…
Make the great men.
Aye, touché
To wisdom, to wit, to script
Tongue also sharp and dreadfully quick
But the pen mighty and ever brave
With one sure stroke swift of my quill
The most ardent of critic swayed!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 101101 01011110 1011100100 111 1011 11 1101111 110101001 101100101 11111111 01101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 331 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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