Analysis of A Risk of the Heart!
Evans E Bradley 1949 (Washington, DC)
When I was young and not to smart,
I took a chance with my trusting heart,
I fell in what I thought was love or lust that day,
Not knowing the cost I would have to pay,
As the years went by my life was torn apart,
That’s when I realized I was a victim of what I started,
The give, take, and what I received,
Left me so weak I fell to my knees,
I survive the ordeal and began life anew,
That is one reason why I am talking to you,
No matter how hard or low you fall,
You must believe in yourself or nothing at all,
The pain was great it crushed my spirits too,
The fact that I am here today is that I knew what to do,
My mother taught me one thing that keeps me on my feet,
If you don’t take “A Risk Of The Heart” your life will end in defeat.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 110111101 110111111111 1100111111 10111111101 111101101011110 01101101 111111111 101001001101 111101111011 110111111 110100111011 0111111101 011111011111111 1101111111111 1111011011111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 561 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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