Analysis of LINE DANCING (Poem #105)
We're all gathering out on the floor.
A line-dancing lesson is what is in store.
Many learners don't want to stand up close
For fear that their dancing is not to boast.
As the music starts and everyone is in line,
We're all ready to have a really good time.
Then steps are called and the dancers are led.
We're getting all twisted, as was our dread.
The music is stopped and we start in again,
Our leader is ready to help us amend.
Concentrating, our faces are so stern.
Where are the laughs for which we so yearn?
Time after time and then we are starting to be
In time with the music and with steps that seem free.
Soon a smile appears, and we even yell Yahoo!
Swinging in circles, as we all longed to do.
Before we know it the lessons are done for the day,
And as we all mingle with promises, we say
That next lesson will be better we just know
Because our teacher has given us the get up and go.
(c) Copyright by Jean E. Gorney
Scheme | AA XX XX BB XX CC DD EE FF GG D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001101 01101011101 1010111111 1111101111 10101010101 11101101011 1111001011 11011011101 01011011001 101011011101 1001010111 110111111 110101111011 011010011111 10101011011 10010111111 0111101011101 011110110011 11101110111 011010110101101 11011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 918 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on June 01, 2017
Modified on April 07, 2023
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