Analysis of Attention

Shinerra Ward 1975 (Tennessee)



Psychological lyrics may cost ya.
Who's the big boss of ya
Sammy Sam don't play at this bar.
Pick yourself up.
What happens if we lose our war?


Scheme AABCD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 010010111 101111 10111111 1011 110111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 31
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on October 23, 2023

Submitted by sinerra on October 23, 2023

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