Analysis of You Could Win And Still Lose



You could win on a Wall Street.
You could lose your claim.
You could win in a heart beat. You could lose your game.

You could win on a sham guise.
You could lose your grace.
You could win in a door prize. You could lose your face.

You could win on a brain trust.
You could lose your mind.
You could win in a grand lust. You could lose your find.

You could win on a sure thing.
You could lose your pluck.
You could win on a fond fling. You could lose your luck.

You could win on a good pose.
You could lose your bloom.
You could win by a bare nose. You could lose your boom.

You could win on a wind flute.
You could lose your fife.
You could win on a law suit. You could lose your life.


Scheme XAA XBB XCC XDD XEE XFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 11111 111001111111 1111011 11111 111001111111 1111011 11111 111001111111 1111011 11111 111101111111 1111011 11111 111101111111 1111011 11111 111101111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 668
Words 144
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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