Analysis of The bank account says NO



Forget yoga, she says,
I want to practice boxing.
My chest can already feel the blows.
From two sides: also from the heart therein.
Pluses and minuses and
Advantages and disadvantages
and I want to be with her.
The bank account says NO.
Her heart, though, breaks
every time she hears that awful syllable
No matter what the language.
Oh, God, I could really use a windfall
RIGHT NOW.

Yeah, I didn't think so.


Scheme XXXXXXXAXXXXX A
Poetic Form
Metre 011011 1111010 111010101 1111010101 1001000 010000100 0111110 010111 0111 100111110100 1101010 111110101 11 111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 394
Words 74
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 13, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted by KevinMarston on August 16, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kevin Marston

I've been teaching English in Warsaw for more than 17 years, but now doing translation, proofreading and online writing (Wattpad, Scribd and Medium). I actually submitted these poems more than 19 years ago on the old-old poetry.com website; it's great to see them come to light again! more…

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