Analysis of The Question I Asked
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
What would we lose if we could choose,
With wishes that went up to three?
A question asked so easily!
You might just say why ask that way,
Instead of "What things are there to gain?
So wise and really very plain!"
I asked that when I thought again
Of all who won and "threw away"
The jackpot that was theirs one day!
It's not enough when times are rough
To say "I know what I would do
If so much wealth were mine. It's true!"
Temptation's found and all around.
You never need to go too far.
It finds and likes you as you are!
Scheme | XAA BCC XBB XDD XEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 11011111 01011100 11111111 011111111 11010101 11111101 11110101 0111111 11011111 11111111 11110111 110101 11011111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
"Danger, Will Robinson!"
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Written on May 01, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on May 01, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on May 01, 2024
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