Analysis of A Sure Thing



"Was that the doorbell ?"

"It sure was !"

"Are you expecting anybody ?"

"I sure am !"

"Anybody I know ?"

"I sure don't think so !"

"Should I go ?"

"You sure should !"

"Should I come back tomorrow ?"


Scheme X X X X A A A X A
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111 110101000 111 100011 11111 111 111 111101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 218
Words 54
Sentences 11
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 14
Words per stanza (avg) 5

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Submitted by cubs1969 on November 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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