Analysis of You Could. Can To Do And You Will

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Step up to the plate.
Don't you wait to hesitate.

You could.
Can to do and you will.
Decide to make that hit.
If you don't give up to quit.

You could.
To know you can and you will.
Turn your obstacles,
Into stones crushed to pebbles.

You could.
Can to do and you will.
Take your time to climb,
Up from valleys down below.
With your eyes opened wide.
Not to leave them closed.

You could with it done and you will.
Reach to heights untouched.
Knowing it was not luck,
But preserverance.

You can with it done and you will.
Succeed.
You could with it done and you will.
If you believe.
You could can done and you will,
With kept faith and preserverance!


Scheme aa BCdd Bcee BCxxxx Cxxe cxCxce
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 111110 11 111011 11111 1111111 11 1111011 11100 0111110 11 111011 11111 1110101 111101 11111 11111011 11101 101111 11 11111011 01 11111011 1101 1111011 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 654
Words 156
Sentences 22
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on October 12, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 12, 2022

Modified by lpahtillah on October 12, 2022

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