Analysis of Shoot



Take the good with the bad.
No, I don’t want to be had.
They say changes your demeanor.
I would rather be a Beamer.
Have no regrets.
I don’t want to fret.
People can’t live the right way.
That’s all I’ve got to say.   


Scheme AABBCDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 1111111 11101010 11101010 1101 11111 1011011 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 228
Words 51
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Written on July 03, 2022

Submitted on July 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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