Analysis of A Last Resort



At the lowest of her lows,
she has stooped too far,
selling pieces of herself
for less than she is worth.
Only for a while,
she reasons to herself,
only until the bills are paid
and her son can stay by himself.
She hopes her actions
won’t ruin the little life she has,
please understand she had no choice,
the control out of her hands.
After entire days of prayer
and months of hopeless whoring,
she finally found a real career
where she didn’t cry for mourning.


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 451
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 363
Words per stanza (avg) 87
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kassandra M. Konecny

Kassandra Konecny is a lover of listening to music, hiking in the mountains, and observing the way people act. She began writing vigorously when she was fourteen and will hopefully never stop. She has had her fair share of trials lately, and tries to encompass nearly every subject there is to study into her writing. Kassandra plans to study creative writing and psychology. She's 17 and currently lives in Utah with her family. Contact her at kassandrakonecny@hotmail.com more…

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