Analysis of No Big Mistakes



Figure out life before living it.
That was my goal at age 15.
I had my first beer at age 15.
No big deal.
Stick to your field and you will yield.
There is more dignity in digging ditches than being president.
But who wants that.


Scheme ABBCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 101101101 111111 1111111 111 11110111 1111000101011010 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 229
Words 52
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Written on May 02, 2023

Submitted on May 02, 2023

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