Analysis of Gain Perspective



When we gain perspective about power of choice
we have a new elective
to employ and voice
When we gain perspective about malice of harm
we have a new corrective
to pity and charm
When we gain perspective about grimace of grin
we have a new objective
to succeed and win
When we gain perspective about conquest of coup
we have a new invective
to disgorge and spew
When we gain perspective about pursuit of wealth
we have a new connective
to fitness and health
When we gain perspective about what matters most
we have a new directive
to relax and coast


Scheme ABACBCDBDEBEFBFGBG
Poetic Form
Metre 111010011011 1101010 10101 111010011011 1101010 11001 111010011011 1101010 10101 111010011011 1101010 10101 111010010111 1101010 11001 111010011101 1101010 10101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 532
Words 102
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 448
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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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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