Analysis of Sometimes

Shinerra Ward 1975 (Tennessee)



Sometimes I'm tipsy.
Off Love.
Sometimes I'm tipsy
Off You.
Sometimes I'm overwhelmed
Just  thinking of you. O Love
Where r u


Scheme AbAcdbc
Poetic Form ~Canopus
Metre 01110 11 01110 11 01101 1101111 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 126
Words 26
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on October 23, 2023

Submitted by sinerra on October 23, 2023

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