Analysis of The Rise and Fall of Paul



I know a man that wants to be great,
Who travels a lot and visits each state,
He refuses to grow old but I think it's too late,
His forename is Paul and he accept his own fate.

He cares about all and thinks about less,
Perfect in talking and smart in his dress,
Read his own name on the front page of press,
All people adore him and doing a mess.

Kissing the girls and let them fall down,
Reign over' world as king without crown,
Make fun with his chums and playing the clown,
Walking the streets like Al Pacino in town.

Addict to presumption and act like he's tall,
Looking for mountains from the view of a wall,
He think he is great but he is just small,
People say wisely pride goes before a fall.

James P. Hiller


Scheme AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD X
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111 1100101011 1010111111111 11110101111 1101101011 0101001011 1111101111 11001101001 100101111 110111011 1111101001 10011101001 01101001111 10110101101 1111111111 10110110101 1110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 700
Words 142
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on July 30, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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