Analysis of Gambler Suicide
Brian Swank 1975 (Columbus ohio)
Have you ever been in that certain game,
Where every card you draw just won't play.
You think about suicide,
So you stop the game to decide.
Then you think really hard,
How many people will be hurt if I discard.
Just when you think you won't draw an ace,
You get one and stick around to laugh life in the face.
Scheme | XX AA BB CC |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1110101101 1100111111 110110 1110111 111101 110101111101 111111111 1110101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 313 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem in 1995 after my grandmother passed away. I thought all was lost until this poem popped in my head.
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Written on December 18, 1995
Submitted on June 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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