Analysis of Choosing Not To Choose



The choice you chose was right for you,
expressed in what you say.
The choice you chose was wrong for me
in every single way.
Everything chosen gives that choice a voice.
Choosing not to choose is another choice.
The choice you chose has disregard
for all stated concerns.
The choice you chose has to retard
a trust earlier earned.
Everything chosen gives that choice a voice.
Choosing not to choose is another choice.
The choice you chose has consequence,
it changed the whole shebang.
The choice you chose has caused offense,
and this is no harangue.
Everything chosen gives that choice a voice.
Choosing not to choose is another choice.


Scheme abcbDDefegDDhijiDD
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 010111 01111111 0100101 101011101 1011110101 0111101 111001 01111101 011001 101011101 1011110101 01111100 11011 01111101 011101 101011101 1011110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 622
Words 111
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 514
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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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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