Analysis of Comic Relief
We must find comic relief in a world of pain.
Otherwise affliction will drive us all insane.
We must find comic relief in a world of hate.
Otherwise revulsion will hook us up as bait.
We must find comic relief in a world of war.
Otherwise depression will drop us to the floor.
We must find comic relief in a world of law.
Otherwise inspection will show us every flaw.
We must find comic relief in a world of dupe.
Otherwise deception will land us in the soup.
We must find comic relief in a world of fear.
Otherwise suspicion will stab us with a spear.
We must find comic relief in a world of need.
Otherwise elusion will give us hearts to bleed.
We must find comic relief in a world of hurt.
Otherwise dejection will mire us in the dirt.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 111100100111 10010111101 111100100111 10010111111 111100100111 10010111101 111100100111 100101111001 111100100111 10010111001 111100100111 10010111101 111100100111 101111111 111100100111 101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 723 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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