Analysis of When I was detective.
When I was detective.
In my early age,
I was passionate
by the detective stories of Holmes.
I was so passionate
I read the books
through out the nights,
till early dawns.
Even I made dispute,
with my brother
and very often not only we quarreled.
but also used to do the scuffles.
Sometimes I fancied myself
as sherlock Homes.
I started to suspect,
even few of my neighbours.
Though I had no assistant,
like Mr.Watson
but I had enough zest,
to be courageous.
Once I followed a man
who was roaming around a house
Which was dilapidated.
I found the man very suspicious.
I considered him as criminal
and the house as his shelter.
The appearence of the man,
was very vicious.
He was short in hight,
bald,having scythe moustache.
The eyes were red slotted
and never made any fuss.
Oneday I was in an ambush
to follow up the man.
Suddenly I turned and saw the man
was standing with angry eyes.
I ran from there,
only to stop at my house.
I was gasping
and thinking those vicious eyes.
Afterwards I never went there
to see the man
and became so panicked,
I never took risks.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 01101 11100 100101011 111100 1101 1101 1101 101101 1110 01010110110 110111010 011101 111 110101 101111 1111010 11 111011 11010 111001 11100101 110100 110110010 101011100 0011110 01101 11010 11101 111 010110 0101101 111011 110101 100110101 1101101 1111 1011111 1110 0101101 10011011 1101 001110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,078 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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