Analysis of Corners And Bends



Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be forever, there may be an end

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be mixture, there may be blend

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be honesty, there may be pretend

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be fashion, there may be trend

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be a fracture, there may be a mend

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be honesty, there may be pretend

Just around the corner
Just around the bend
There may be a hater, there may be a friend


Scheme ABb ABb ABB ABb ABb ABB ABb
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 10101 11101011111 101010 10101 111101111 101010 10101 11110011101 101010 10101 111101111 101010 10101 11101011101 101010 10101 11110011101 101010 10101 11101011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 586
Words 117
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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