Analysis of Denial
I have yet to see mankind sweep,
fingers nor the sun hidden keep,
thereat anything deny;
even that light reigns the sky,
down a rug exceedingly deep.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 11111111 10101101 11001 1011101 10101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 149 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
This poem mocks how we as human beings at times hope by sweeping our problems under a rug, in a manner of speaking, our problems will go away.
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Written on September 26, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on September 26, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on September 28, 2023
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