Analysis of Living Like A Coward



Not making a commitment
Sparing your life of pain
Not sharing a sentiment
Everything is lost with nothing to gain

You can never find happiness
If you don't accept love
Only God can bless
And share his kingdom above


Scheme ABAB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1100010 101111 1100100 101111011 11101100 111011 10111 0111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 215
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Participation is the reason for it all.

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Written on September 10, 2023

Submitted on September 10, 2023

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