Analysis of Oil is youth
Oil is youth -
“Extra-virgin”,
“Peppery”,
“Slipp’ry”,
and green.
A livid lipid
that’s difficult to grasp,
and seeps
into
the broken “in-between”…
| Scheme | XXAAB XXXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 111 1010 1 1 01 01010 110011 01 01 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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