Analysis of Dance Mania
Dance Mania *
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the drummer's beat.
An uncontrollable bouncy stance makes music for the feet.
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the passion's beat.
An uncontrollable fresh romance makes music for the heat.
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the gambler's beat.
An uncontrollable game of chance makes music for the cheat.
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the navy's beat.
An uncontrollable awkward prance makes music for the fleet.
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the winner's beat.
An uncontrollable festoon lance makes music for the meet.
An uncontrollable urge to dance answers the neighbor's beat.
An uncontrollable passing glance makes music for the street.
* tarantism: a dancing mania or malady; an uncontrollable urge to dance.
© Wallace Dean LaBenne
| Scheme | A BB BB BB BB BB BB X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100 1010011110011 10100101110101 1010011110011 10100101110101 10100111100101 10100111110101 10100111100101 10100101110101 10100111100101 1010011110101 10100111100101 10100101110101 1010100110010100111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 808 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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