Analysis of No One Before Him



He puts no one before him. He's always first in line.
He only wears fancy suits.
He lives to wine and dine.
He puts no one before him. He's always center stage.
He only respects brilliance.
He tops the smartest sage.
He puts no one before him. He's always superman.
He only plays as linchpin.
He writes the master plan.
He puts no one before him. He's always mister clean.
He only smiles for cameras.
He fronts each magazine.
He puts no one before him. He's always icon king.
He only stops for fanfare.
He sides on the first-string.
He puts no one before him. He's always number one.
He only travels first class.
He fools around for fun.


Scheme ABACDCEFGHIHJKJELE
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111101 1101101 111101 111101111101 1100110 110101 111101111100 110111 110101 111101111101 11011100 11110 111101111101 110111 111011 111101111101 1101011 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 620
Words 119
Sentences 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 488
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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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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