Analysis of only once
Play the cards your dealt
twist but never stick,
a metaphor till you're old
play and never fold.
Scheme | ABCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 11101 0100111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 93 |
Words | 18 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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