Analysis of What's In Front
Is it Crosby, Stills, or Eagles for you,
Republican or Democrat to vote
Is it Chinese takeout or Italian bistro,
or the prose or poetry you wrote
Is it bland or spicy, thick or thin,
as you struggle yet to choose
Is it yes or nor, or God forbid maybe,
what’s to gain and what’s to lose
Is it briefs or boxers, or none at all,
is it winter over spring
Is it Rock and Roll, or Blues or Jazz,
does it have to be one thing
Is it dogs or cats, or beer or wine,
is the difference felt inside
When you choose just one, to eliminate,
what your vanity tries to hide
Throw out the rules, pull off the mask,
to your inner self be true
Force not yourself to choose between,
—but what’s now in front of you
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
Scheme | AB XB XC XC XD XD XE XE XA XA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111011 010011011 11011101010 101110011 111110111 1110111 11111110110 0110011 1111101111 1110101 111011111 1111111 111111111 10100101 111111010 11100111 11011101 1110111 11011101 1010111 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 741 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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