Analysis of Clap Your Hands



Coat your dreams with ecstasy.
Tell your tales in fun.
Mix your themes with fantasy. Set your sails in sun.

Curl your lips with happiness.
Splash your eyes in glee.
Rock your hips with snappiness. Play your skies in key.

Climb your peaks with opulence.
Plant your seed in pride.
Shout your shrieks with influence. March your steed in stride.

Clear your name with history.
Place your goal in sod.
Paint your fame with mystery. Rest your soul in God.

Claim your treat with benefit.
Wear your crown in style.
Shape your feat with discomfit. Veil your frown in smile.

Clap your hands with gratitude.
Swab your fears in pluck.
Take your stands with attitude. Spread your cheers in luck.


Scheme ABB XAA XCC ADD XEE XFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111100 11101 111110011101 1111100 11101 1111111101 1111100 11101 111110011101 1111100 11101 111110011101 1111100 11101 1111111101 111110 11101 11111011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 664
Words 120
Sentences 25
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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