Analysis of Ride the Fulcrum
Ride the Fulcrum
Don’t ride the teeter totter, don’t look back, don’t look back
Don’t look forward, ride the fulcrum.
Let the honey drip on your chin
Let the sun burn your eyes
Melt into the sofa for a nap
Smell the puppy’s breath and touch his warm, full belly
Laugh with your mom as she makes you a sandwich with a diagonal cut
Don’t look back, don’t look forward
| Scheme | A X A XX X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1101010111111 11101010 10101111 101111 101010101 10110111110 111111110101001001 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
Live in the present
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Written on April 05, 2023
Submitted on April 05, 2023
Modified on April 11, 2023
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