Analysis of The Simple Fool
I am orphaned on this deserted island
A returned prodigal
My only inspiration an occasional
Sliver of blue
I was an appetent victim of your coquetry
I drank of your Circe elixir
You are a siren, a piece de resistance
An arabesque of womanhood
All your gracious beauty
Your infallible reflection
Disguised so adequately
A heart of callosity
Hollow is my heart
I dwell in somber perpetuity
The price I pay
For courageous credulity
| Scheme | ABBCDDEFGHGAIGJG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101101010 001100 11001010100 1011 111110111 11111010 11010011010 11110 111010 10100010 0111000 0111 10111 110100100 0111 10100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 413 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 354 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on December 06, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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