Analysis of Orphans And Scions
Failure
is the orphan
bewailed and bemoaned.
Failure
is the orphan
abandoned and disowned.
Triumph
is the scion
enjoyed and endeared.
Triumph
is the scion
respected and revered.
Orphans
have no sires,
no parents anywhere.
Scions
have the sires
with parents everywhere.
| Scheme | ABcABc DBxDBx efgefg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 1010 1001 10 1010 010001 10 1010 01001 10 1010 010001 10 111 11010 1 101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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