Analysis of Daunted
Your body pulse, a pounding beat
Orchestral, breathing score
Staccato sounds erstwhile elite
This music you abhor
Your grace of movement seems effete
Life's dance you now deplore
Where once a rhythm found your feet
They falter on the floor
Though daunted by a grand defeat
No guile could some exploit
While searching for a safe retreat
Awareness grows adroit
| Scheme | ABAB ABAB ACAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010101 010101 011101 110101 11110101 111101 11010111 110101 11010101 11111 11010101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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