Analysis of give and TAKE
lets not stir in madness
spirits bubble-up when steered
Lets play a game of "Shutes and Ladders."
"Primary...?"
" I would'nt say, giving the seriousness
of "'Monopol{ly]ies."
Swirling spirits in his cristal glass
a thick lava of red boiling to spew
the mist tickling but no one in the mood
"last evening,I met with an attorney"
Police whistles,buses alerting the stops
and distant mutterings broken-sentences
the crisp night air carrying it all
through the open windows
"Well..?" she said,unalarmed and waiting
like a starving lioness ready to pounce
" I want a divorce",he said.
Everything, the billowing dance of the shears
noises...
STOPPED
with her last card layed firmly put...
He knew,he had lost.........
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| Scheme | ABCDAAEFGDHIJKLMNOIPQRL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 1010111 110111010 10 1111001000 111 101001101 0110111011 011111001 11111010 01101001 01010010100 011110011 101010 111010 101011011 11011 1001001101 10 1 10111101 1111 1111111111111011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 840 |
| Words | 145 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 662 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
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Submitted on July 03, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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