Analysis of Spit it.



I’m beginning to choke.
My legs shiver and my voice has broke.
My throat begins to curl.
I feel like I could hurl.
The people expect me to have spoke.
From the buzz of the light, my mind becomes awake.
My fingers clench the end of my coat.
In the heat of stress, my mind starts to twirl.
I’m beginning to choke.
Seconds pass by, I feel like I could croak.
Anytime now I would fall flat with a stroke.
The butterflies in my stomach begin to whirl.
The very blood in my body begins to swirl.
To request me to say anthing is an instant revoke.
I’m beginning to choke.


Scheme AabbacdbAaabbaA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101011 111001111 110111 111111 010011111 101101110101 110101111 0011111111 101011 1011111111 1011111101 01001100111 010101100111 1011111111001 101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 570
Words 125
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 433
Words per stanza (avg) 111

About this poem

A poem about bringing up the courage to speak in front of an audience.

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Written on April 29, 2022

Submitted by SeanK on May 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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