Analysis of Fences



I straddle fences everyday;
Fate's wind will pull and shove
Me back and forth and so I pray
"Please help me, God above!"

Each fence is strong and stretches through
So many silent fears.
They sway no matter what I do,
Beneath my heavy tears.

I've fallen sometimes to my right
And to the left as well,
It is a never-ending fight
With lessons not learned well.


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11010101 111101 11010111 111101 11110101 110101 11110111 011101 11001111 010111 11010101 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 359
Words 75
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Written on August 10, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 10, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 10, 2023

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