Analysis of Trying
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
When I try the well runs dry.
If I wait, mate!
When I share it's because I care.
If I offend I've bucked the trend..
When will I escape?
If no one knows the date.
So here I lie
And wonder why...
But I will wait
It's not to late...
I love a happy ending.
| Scheme | A B X X X B AABB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 1111 11110111 11011101 11101 111101 1111 0101 1111 1111 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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