Analysis of Genetics
Experts say that genes skip
a generation.
You laugh like your grandmother.
You love like your aunt.
But biology's spiders wrap long-
neglected chandeliers,
and the curse of memory invades
unguarded moments,
distorting prisms that once sparkled
reds and yellows, now wrapped taut
like unopened presents
from strangers.
| Scheme | XXXX XXXA XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 0010 111110 11111 101001011 01001 001110001 01010 010101110 1010111 101010 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 306 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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