Analysis of One Shot



Far from the arenas and the spectacle

Victories are won

Where the witnesses are few

Victories are forged

It’s not every day you stand up

And confront your demons

It’s not every day you accept

That your teacher has arrived

In the minute trials

In the fits and distractions

You were bound and defeated

Until someone took you by the hand

And said, “Aim higher”

Out of your entropy

And into your destiny

One shot was made

And the rest they say is,


Scheme X X X X X A X X X A X X X B B X X
Poetic Form
Metre 11001000100 10011 1010011 10011 111001111 001110 111001101 1110101 001010 0010010 1010010 01111101 01110 111100 0011100 1111 001111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 484
Words 110
Sentences 1
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 21
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Written on April 20, 2022

Submitted by Tremac on April 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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