Analysis of A Question of Contraception
JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)
I couldn't save the baby
Even though I wore protection
Sometimes we don't know the maybe
If the intercourse was meant for conception
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101010 10111010 01111010 1010111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 132 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on April 11, 2023
Submitted on April 11, 2023
Modified on May 01, 2023
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