Analysis of Slowing Down
I will not try to hurry as
If running in a race,
Because I soon get tired and
Cannot keep up the pace.
I do forget at times and run
So rapidly to be
The winner of my mental race;
A race against just me.
Scheme | XAXA XBAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101 110001 01111100 101101 11011101 110011 01011101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 203 |
Words | 49 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Being in a hurry
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Written on August 19, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 19, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 19, 2023
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