Analysis of Eccentric And Wise



It is superficial, frivolous and mock.
It is artificial, synthetic and schlock.
It is accidental, impulsive and chance.
It is incidental, unrehearsed and stance.
It is ornamental, affected and chic.
It is elemental, primitive and bleak.
It is monumental, colossal and vast.
It is transcendental, elusive and fast.
It is sentimental, syrupy and thick.
It is temperamental, erratic and slick.
It is emotional, petulant and qualm.
It is sensational, bravura and calm.
It is believable, authentic and true.
It is achievable, pragmatic and new.
It is coincidence, fictitious and guise.
It is humanity, eccentric and wise.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010001 1101001001 1101001001 1101000101 1101001001 1101010001 1101001001 1101001001 11010101 1101001001 11010010001 11010001001 11010001001 11010001001 11010001001 11010001001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 601
Words 96
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 489
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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