Analysis of Strike Out



Too much pressure
I withdraw and walk away.
My sister Rae is the best dancer in the family.
And she is a real romancer.
Sports-wise I was one of the guys.
Now no time to fry.


Scheme ABCADE
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 1010101 11011011000100 011011 11111101 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 176
Words 41
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on April 17, 2022

Submitted on April 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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