Analysis of Too Weak To Be Sorry
Too weak to be sorry
Too guilty to give in
Too proud with vainglory
He's in a loony bin
Too dull to have luster
Too vapid to have fizz
Too loud with false bluster
He's in a spinning whiz
Too mean to give kindness
Too clumsy to give grace
Too inept with blindness
He's in a wild-goose chase
Too small to show valor
Too massive to show fear
Too gross with vile pallor
He's in a weird career
Too fake to be honest
Too shifty to be straight
Too angry with tempest
He's in a frantic state
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGAG HIHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111110 110110 1111 100101 111110 110111 111110 100101 111110 110111 101110 100111 111110 110111 11111 100101 111110 110111 110110 100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 464 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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