Analysis of Deadlines



There's a deadline for the headline,
the bottom line of stress.
There's a deadline for the design in making the press.

There's a deadline for the airline,
the bottom line of flight.
There's a deadline for the incline in gaining the height.

There's a deadline for the timeline,
the bottom line of shift.
There's a deadline for the propine in granting the gift.

There's a deadline for the tagline,
the bottom line of saw.
There's a deadline for the call-sign in sticking the craw.

There's a deadline for the hard-line,
the bottom line of talk.
There's a deadline for the grapevine in doing the stalk.

There's a deadline for the dateline,
the bottom line of place.
There's a deadline for the langsyne in loving the race.


Scheme ABB ACC ADD AEE AFF AGG
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 010111 101100101001 101101 010111 101100101001 1011010 010111 10110101001 101101 010111 101101101001 1011011 010111 10110101001 101101 010111 10110101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 700
Words 126
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
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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