Analysis of It's Just A Game
"It's just a game" is often said as though it didn't matter.
But scores are kept for gain or loss
and records made to shatter.
"It's just a game," win, place or show, but it's better being first.
Coming in fourth has no reward
and you're bundled with the worst.
"It's just a game" is a cliche: an insipid, trite remark.
Competitive players should know
that is "whistling in the dark."
"It's just a game" is candid truth, but in actuality
final outcomes make the difference
as a practicality.
"It's just a game" sounds discordant, like a loser's wailing chant.
It smacks of clear denial
providing a false-face slant.
"It's just a game" is obvious but performance is like life.
Whether toppled or triumphant,
the comparisons are rife.
Scheme | ABACDCEFEGHGIJIKLK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111011111010 11111111 0011110 110111111110101 10011101 0110101 1101100111101 01001011 1110001 1101110110010 10110100 100100 11011010101101 1111010 0100111 110111001010111 10101010 0010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 561 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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