Analysis of The hand that is dealt
James Corsale 1965 (Pittsburgh)
Look, listen
You fall and
Rise, get up
Manna fell
You rise again
And tremble,
Look, listen
And walk,
Walk
Do you now run away from me?
You draw near
Listen and listen
And look
| Scheme | AxxxxxAbbx xax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 110 111 101 1101 010 110 01 1 11110111 111 10010 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 17, 2021
Modified on March 27, 2023
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