Analysis of Pay to Play



I sung to you everyday
I watched you grow and play
It was almost your birthday
You were turning eight
You were happy, You were glad
You were all that we had
It wasn't your fault, Your not to blame
It was the boys Playing the game
They thought it was cool
They thought it was great
To play with their dad's gun
They picked up number eight
They pointed it at each other
Untill it was too late, The gun had gone off
With a flash of red blood
And a glims of white light
You saw your life slip away
We still miss you to this day
But who's was it, but your own life
Who had to pay to play


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Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 1111101 111101 11111 10101 1010101 101111 110111111 11011001 11111 11111 111111 111101 11011110 1111101111 101111 001111 1111101 1111111 11111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 563
Words 123
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 453
Words per stanza (avg) 123
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on April 06, 2023

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