Analysis of Extremes
Anxiety and panic embed disquietude.
Indifference and ennui inculcate lassitude.
Ecstatic joy and rapture originate rhapsody.
Unhappiness and sorrow propagates despondency.
Affinity and fondness develop relationships.
Distance and antipathy produce isolation blips.
Confrontation and rancor engender enmity.
Fearfulness and cowering makes pusillanimity.
Kudos and recognition show superior acclaim.
Put-downs and denigration are parturient to shame.
Dexterousness and movement promote good agility.
Lethargy and indolence causes muscle atrophy.
Tender love and affection ignite passions of the heart.
Harsh demands and correction lacerates to rip apart.
Scheme | AA AB CC AA DD AB AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100010011 01000010101 0101010010100 010001010100 0100010010010 1000100010101 010010010100 1010011 1000101010001 11011111 10100110100 100011010100 10100100110101 101001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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