Analysis of Really A Shame



It really is a shame,
That everything is inherent;
With a little deeper thought,
It would be all coherent.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Ballad stanza
Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 110101 1101010 1010101 1111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 103
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 17, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Donald Loudon

I started to write because of the great feeling of release, and being able to do something of my own that I enjoyed. Since then, writing has become a way of life for me, and I enjoy it thoroughly. I write about things I feel strongly and or know a lot about. more…

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