Analysis of Here to Stay
Love of the game
Can’t be dismissed
And a snake hiss
Snakes alive
And no jive
Talent is a gift from God
And no longer a healthy bod
A stroke did me in
Too much soda pop
But I reached the top.
| Scheme | ABCDDEBFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1101 1101 0011 101 011 1010111 01100101 01110 11101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Written on March 24, 2024
Submitted on March 24, 2024
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