Analysis of Um



Used by all students
Mostly as a quick excuse
All teachers hate it
Students and children love it
The word known as um


Scheme ABCCD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110 1010101 11011 1001011 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 113
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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A poem about um

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Written on June 04, 2021

Submitted by s28064095 on June 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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