Analysis of Oxygen
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
She had a tank of oxygen
She carried on her back
She smoked another cigarette
But had no heart attack
I guess that it was hardened
Like a stone that can’t be moved
I know she tried to kill herself
Butt, that I cannot prove
If you’ll look at the evidence
I think that you will find
The way that she was breathing
Caused her whole life to unwind
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11011100 110101 1101001 111101 1111110 1011111 11111101 111101 11110100 111111 0111110 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 349 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on February 02, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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