Analysis of Take A Trip



Sing yourself a cheerful tune
and boost life to the hilt
Take a trip around the moon but not around the guilt

Profit from a windfall boon
and boost life to the gain
Take a trip around the moon but not around the pain

Get out from the safe cocoon
and boost life to the cheer
Take a trip around the moon but not around the fear

Feign birth by a silver-spoon
and boost life to the toss
Take a trip around the moon but not around the loss

Launch a red hot-air balloon
and boost life to the sky
Take a trip around the moon but not around the lie

Seek romance able to swoon
and boost life to the mend
Take a trip around the moon but not around the bend


Scheme ABB ACC ADD AEE AFF AGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 011101 1010101110101 101011 011101 1010101110101 1110101 011101 1010101110101 1110101 011101 1010101110101 1011101 011101 1010101110101 1011011 011101 1010101110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 629
Words 133
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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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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