Analysis of When A
When a Poet turns
Basketball into
A poem, when a
Poet turns pumping
Iron into a
Poem, and when a
Poet turns a crop
Into a poem;
They must have truly
A passion for it.
| Scheme | ABCDCCEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 10101 1001 01010 10110 10010 10010 10101 01010 11110 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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A true passion for it
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