Analysis of The shot in the glass
Joseph Grassa 1956 (Brooklyn NY)
It starts out as fun that shot in the glass;
Then all the good times seem to go by so fast;
The drinks that I drink the things that I think;
Seem to get lost cause of the drink in the drink;
Time seems to go so fast, next it seems to stand still;
I know something is wrong cause I have to many slots to fill;
The drink in the drink is messing up the way that I think;
Looking at the ocean and living in a pond;
Don't it sound stupid, I'm not very fond;
Well the drink in the drink is pushing me to the brink;
But Maybe just maybe if I put down that drink in the drink;
My mind will refocus and I will remember what I think;
The drink in the drink, the shot in the glass;
How does it go, I think "All things will pass;
Scheme | AX BB CC BDD BBB AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111001 11011111111 0111101111 11111101001 111111111111 111011111110111 01001110101111 101010010001 1111011101 1010011101101 110110111111001 111010011010111 0100101001 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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On recovery
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Written on January 15, 2023
Submitted by josephg.81565 on August 22, 2023
Modified by josephg.81565 on September 11, 2023
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