Analysis of The Dancer
The dancer is coming our way
It’s a scary situation
She’s not here to play
The dancer is coming our way
She’s only here to collect pay
She’s only here to collect compensation
The dancer is coming our way
It’s a scary situation
| Scheme | ABaAabAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triolet |
| Metre | 010110101 1010010 11111 010110101 11011011 1101101010 010110101 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Written on May 02, 2022
Submitted by aCardwell on May 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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