Analysis of I Must Choose
I can't decide if age-old pride
Reduces my success
Or am I filled with undistilled
Bad thoughts that leave a mess!
I know I must choose what won't rust
Through time inside my brain.
I must believe I will achieve
And not live life in vain!
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111111 010101 111111 111101 11111111 110111 11011101 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Choices!
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Written on April 16, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 16, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on April 16, 2024
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