Analysis of World Wide Welcome
Flying, flailing, failing, falling.
Lying, ailing, ailing, all in.
Tying, sailing, bailing, appalling.
Yin, yang, bang, bing.
Sin, fang, gang, sing.
Plying, playing, redacting, wailing.
Lying, laying, acting, ailing.
Flying, falling, swimming, crawling.
Sinking, trying, failing, drowning.
World welcoming, hold your breath.
Truth is life, lies are death.
Welcome to the world, hold your breath.
| Scheme | ABAAAAAAACCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 10101010 101010010 1111 1111 101001010 10101010 10101010 10101010 1100111 111111 10101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 395 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 299 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Written on March 30, 2022
Submitted by Zadkiel on March 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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