Analysis of Help Wanted!



Hi again. Remember me?
Guess not. Just another face in the crowd.
That was some pretty cool music the other day.
Any chance of hearing more sometime?
I went forward at the end. Followed the crowd.
Prayed a prayer, asked this Jesus guy to be my Lord.
Do you know anything about that?
Was kinda hoping you did. I have lot's of questions.
Life changed then. Got a whole lot weirder.
I sense someone talking to me when I get real quiet.
But I feel calm about it. Seems normal.
Maybe you can tell me what I need to do next.
What happened to the others who went forward.
Maybe you have some friends I can meet with.
You seem like you have your life together,
how did you get that way?
The preacher guy said I was real important
will you help me? You will?
I was hoping to become more than a face in the crowd!


Scheme ABCDBEFGHIJKLMHCNOB
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 1110101001 111101100101 10111011 11101011001 101111011111 11110011 1101011111110 111101110 1111011111110 1111011110 101111111111 11010101110 1011111111 1111111010 111111 01011111010 111111 11101011101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 785
Words 158
Sentences 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 619
Words per stanza (avg) 158
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Submitted on December 15, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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