Analysis of Trying to ask
Overcoming nerves,
Speaking from heart.
Situation serves,
A fresh new start.
Awkward conversation,
Leads to possibilities,
Hopeful consternation,
Rife with insecurities.
Speak beyond Hello,
Words fail to come.
Feigning calm and mellow,
Looking rather dumb.
Can barely speak,
Just one question.
Utterance won't leak,
Nervousness a bastion.
Just want to ask,
About a cup of coffee.
Up to the task,
With me.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC HIHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1001 1011 0101 0111 10010 110100 10010 110100 10101 1111 101010 10101 1101 1110 10011 100010 1111 0101110 1101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Written on March 19, 2022
Submitted by TheDon on March 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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