Analysis of Foxy Trot
Standing near the bar looking out
Vodka bottle half empty
Watching the best girl I’ve ever seen
Drink in my hand
I bend my knees
Head for the door
A flight back to Detroit
Thinking of the dance floors of Los Angeles.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101101 1010110 100111101 1011 1111 1101 011101 10101111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Written on March 03, 2024
Submitted on March 03, 2024
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