Analysis of Tossing Quarters
Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr. 2000 (Los Angeles, California)
When my brother passed,
I said I would quit-
it was never a promise-
I could see through my shit.
I have nothing but time,
I could do it my way-
corner store to buy beers,
and toss quarters all day.
Here I get treated well-
where you found me before,
you have found me again,
and you'll find me once more.
But soon I will begin,
to finally leave this place-
my coins are falling flat,
I am losing your embrace.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11101 11111 1110010 111111 111011 111111 101111 011011 111101 111101 111101 011111 111101 1100111 111101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 395 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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