Analysis of The Deuce



I never wanted to work.
I wanted to be a success.  
Like Henry Ford II said, “Its not how hard you work but how smart you work.”
But looking back it was work.  


Scheme ABAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101011 11011001 11011111111111111 1101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 165
Words 36
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on July 26, 2022

Submitted on July 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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