Analysis of Act Like Yourself



You can have a coterie
and live like a vamp
You can have a money tree and live like a tramp
You can be a magistrate
and act like a thief
You can be an immigrate and act like a chief
You can have a paradise
and live like a feint
You can have an evil vice and live like a saint
You can be an intellect
and act like a fool
You can be a derelict and act like a mule
You can have a bungalow
and live like a squire
You can have a big chateau and live like a hire
You can be directional
and act like an elf
You can be exceptional and act like yourself


Scheme ABBCDDEFFGHHIJKLMM
Poetic Form
Metre 1110100 01101 111010101101 111010 01101 11111001101 111010 01101 111110101101 111110 01101 11101001101 111010 01101 1110101011010 1110100 01111 111010001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 527
Words 120
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 425
Words per stanza (avg) 120
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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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