Analysis of Compromise



It's impossible to drive down the exact middle of the road,     
    you'll get creamed by oncoming traffic,
        you must shift a little left a little right, to avoid that which comes,
            it should be no surprise that which is needed is compromise.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1010011100110101 11111010 11101010101101111 11110111110110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 262
Words 45
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 184
Words per stanza (avg) 42

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finally I've achieved something worthwhile with my writing

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Written on February 18, 2023

Submitted by on February 18, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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