Analysis of Work And Play



My work for oil and play for water
are time well spent in lost for slaughter
When two can't play for rite and haughter
and both their dreams are loved not solder'd


Scheme AAAB
Poetic Form
Metre 111101110 111101110 11111101 01111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 160
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on August 06, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on August 06, 2021

Modified by Poetbird on August 06, 2021

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