Analysis of The Bare Minimum
The minimum standard defining a man
—taking care of his family
The minimum standard defining a woman
—taking care of her man
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
| Scheme | AX XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 01001001001 10111100 010010010010 101101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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