Analysis of Second Rate
The ring of a loser-
I tried my best
But my best
failed the test.
Second rate
is a source of shame.
Second rate
is a bad name.
What can I do, stuck with performances
that are second rate?
What can I do,
the taunts can be more that I can take.
| Scheme | xaaa BcBc xbxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 011010 1111 111 101 101 10111 101 1011 1111110100 11101 1111 011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on August 26, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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