Analysis of Some Say This and Some Say That
When twisters hit a neighborhood
Destruction is their way.
A few homes are not hit; that's good!
The rest have "gone away"!
Reactions to destruction there
Are in two diff'rent ways.
Most are so shocked they cry and cry,
Asking "Why, oh God, say why?"
A few will look at their home gone
And then they humbly pray,
"We thank You that we all live on!
You saw us through this day!"
| Scheme | ABAB XXCC XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1101010 010111 01111111 011101 01010101 101111 11111101 1011111 01111111 011101 11111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 380 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on January 12, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
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