Analysis of Foul Ball
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
After the final pitch has been thrown
Will you remember the game?
Have any important lessons been learned?
Or will you remain the same?
As good as hell is what they say
America’s game has gone astray!
| Scheme | XAXA BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101111 1101001 1100101011 1110101 11111111 010011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Written on December 02, 2019
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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