Analysis of Inadvertent



How doth my errant pocket dial
Betray my best intent
To keep my well-considered style
And contact who I meant.

Not even on my contact list!
How could that transpire?
I called someone I might have kissed
but didn't light a fire.


Scheme XAXA BCBC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111101010 011101 11110101 01111 1101111 111010 1111111 1101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 228
Words 46
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Inspired by a late night event

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Written on September 01, 2023

Submitted by JohnElliott999 on September 01, 2023

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