Analysis of Poor Girls

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Your movement was met with great resistance
Though followed and praised by lots of kittens
Yes, I was wrong so count me too
And here’s how I’ll get back at you

I’ll lie and say it’s all your fault
I was the victim of assault
I didn’t want to do it with him
But came for a raise and couldn’t resist it

Another position would have been fine
Until I could see he meant my behind
I guess since he paid me that makes me a whore
But for a little more money; I’d have done so much more

Don’t tell my husband, he doesn’t need to know
We still have to pay for our place at the shore


Scheme XXAA BBXX XXCC XC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111010 1100111110 11111111 01111111 11011111 11010101 11111111 1110101011 0100101111 0111111101 11111111101 11010110111111 1111011111 111111101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 594
Words 122
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on September 26, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 04, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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