Analysis of UFO in Town



A lot of people in Washington DC saw a UFO today.
I think that it’s true and I believe in what they say.
But I want them to know that before they set down,
If you’re looking for intelligence, you’re in the wrong town


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 011100100110101 1111101010111 111111101111 11101010010011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 219
Words 44
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 44

About this poem

One of the times I was upset with our Government. Not the first time and won't be the last.

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Written on November 25, 2017

Submitted by UJ on August 03, 2021

Modified on March 22, 2023

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