Analysis of Blessed And Cursed
Come and play, don't be aghast
If you play and come in last
Come and play, you'll be immersed
If you play and come in first
When you play your very worst
Then you feel your luck is cursed
When you play your very best
Then you feel your luck is blessed
Losing is an ego burst
Winning is the quench for thirst
| Scheme | AA BB BB CC BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1011101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1011101 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 15, 2023
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