Analysis of Appraise Your Possibilities



It's time to cogitate.
Think soberly and ponder.
It's time to speculate.
Examine probabilities.
Don't chance occasion squander.

Replay your happy memories.
It's time to ruminate.
Frolic in recollection.
It's time to appreciate.
Revel in joyous "tapestries."
Observe interconnection.

Compose your agitated mind.
It's time to meditate.
Quell uninvited chatter.
It's time to contemplate.
Conciliate for peace to find.
Establish what should matter.


Scheme ABACB CADACD EABAEB
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 1100010 11110 0100100 1101010 01110100 11110 100010 111010 10010100 010010 0111001 11110 101010 11110 11111 0101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 428
Words 64
Sentences 17
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 6
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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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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