Analysis of Stalemate



No butterflies seen to fly,
makes me wanna cry,
maybe mother earth is about to die.

No fishes to fry,
makes me wonder why,
is it now that oceans lie?

Every hand has a sign,
a nuptial band on finger nine,
am i too broke to buy?

Jessy has got on a silver brace,
and Kessy has a silly face,
but i'm ignorant of my picky craze.

Facebook sells me a Face,
but PhotoShop holds the ace,
These prospects are running a fake race.

The wolves will come at night,
When the moon is out and bright,
Must they wait till there's light?

I really like that glass,
i wanna make it my lass,
but It's not yet time for my class.

The sky is dark like tar,
the stars shine down from far,
What good are they for than to twinkle from afar.

Maybe, i don't strike you as fly,
Maybe you think this is all a lie,
you still deserve to have the last Line.


Scheme AAA AAA BBA CCX CCC DDD EEE FFF AAB
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 11101 1010110111 11011 11101 1111101 1001101 01011101 111111 101110101 0110101 1110011101 11101 11101 110110011 011111 1011101 111111 110111 1101111 11111111 011111 011111 111111110101 10111111 101111101 110111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 796
Words 167
Sentences 10
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on December 20, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Segun Adekoye

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