Analysis of The Dancer
She was sixteen in this crazy world,
She had big dreams and her hair was curled,
Just a young daddy's girl,
Who loved to twirl.
Her dream was to be a dancer,
But she couldn't find the answer,
How to get to the top,
Without getting dropped.
Her spirit was strong,
As she would sing along,
To her favourite song.
Tragedy struck,
A case of bad luck,
She broke her back,
And her spirit began to lack.
Her sister helped her through,
And she knew,
She would reach it someday,
Maybe not today,
But in the future.
Scheme | AABBCCXXDDD EEFF GGHHC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110101101 111100111 101101 1111 01111010 11101010 111101 01101 01011 111101 1011 1001 01111 1101 00100111 010101 011 11111 10101 10010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on July 04, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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