Analysis of Out On A Limb



You must go out on a limb if you want the fruit
The dangerous position rewards the pursuit

You must go out on a limb if you want the hope
The dangerous position rewards the wide scope

You must go out on a limb if you want the gain
The dangerous position rewards the campaign

You must go out on a limb if you want the dance
The dangerous position rewards the romance

You must go out on a limb if you want the love
The dangerous position rewards the above

You must go out on a limb if you want the best
The dangerous position rewards the contest

You must go out on a limb if you want the world
The dangerous position rewards the unfurled


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 111110111101 010001001001 111110111101 010001001011 111110111101 010001001001 111110111101 010001001001 111110111101 010001001001 111110111101 010001001010 111110111101 010001001001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 622
Words 127
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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