Analysis of Abandoned



Neglected and forsaken, a nonchalant cast off.
Imprudent and mistaken,
abandoned like a scoff.
Deserted and forsaken, a cavalier release.
Capricious and mistaken,
abandoned like a cease.
Unwanted and forsaken, a farcical rebuff.
Outlandish and mistaken,
abandoned like a bluff.
Discarded and forsaken, a principal reject.
Traitorous and mistaken,
abandoned like a wreck.
Recycled and forsaken, a casual rerun.
Disloyal and mistaken,
abandoned like a shun.
Disvalued and forsaken, a laughable rebuke.
Ludicrous and mistaken,
abandoned like a fluke.


Scheme ABACBCDBDEBFBBBGBG
Poetic Form
Metre 010001000111 0100010 010101 010001000101 0100010 010101 0100010010001 0100010 010101 0100010010001 1000010 010101 0100010010011 0100010 010101 10010010001 1000010 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 530
Words 79
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 445
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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