Analysis of Never Never



Never complain
Never explain
Never sustain abusive disdain
Never forget
Never regret
Never collect acerbic neglect
Never accuse
Never excuse
Never confuse regaling milieus
Never dictate
Never berate
Never create bombastic debate
Never requite
Never indict
Never ignite abhorrent affright
Never chagrin
Never off-spin
Never begin battles you can't win


Scheme AAABBCDEDFFFBGBHHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 1001 100101001 1001 1001 100101001 1001 1001 10010101 1001 1001 100101001 101 1001 10010101 1001 1011 100110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 333
Words 50
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 299
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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