Analysis of The Poker Chips of Life



The poker chips of life show how
Much we will risk in life.
The white ones are the lowest
And do not cause much strife

When they used for common things,
And like low self-esteem
Will keep us from much happiness,
At least that's how it seems.

The red ones represent the ones
With self-esteem that's fine
And average like most folks are,
Quite glad what fate assigned.

The blue chips represent the most
Of wealth and self-esteem.
The risk in wasting them does not
Appear except in dreams.


Scheme XAXA XBXC XXXX XBXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 01011111 111101 0111010 011111 1111101 011101 11111100 111111 0110101 110111 01001111 111101 0110101 110101 01010111 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 491
Words 101
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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What are you willing to risk?

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Written on January 25, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 25, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on January 25, 2024

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