Analysis of A Lesson Ignored

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



For many smokers, the first time
They smoked a cigarette,
There was a burning in their throat
And coughing with regret.

Most of them, did not quit then
And soon they smoked yet again.

The more they smoked, it then became
Quite easy to inhale.
They did not think it was a shame
Or that their health would fail.

When they first smoked their lungs did try
To say that is a faster way to die!


Scheme XAXA BB CDCD EE
Poetic Form
Metre 11010011 11001 11010011 010101 1111111 0111101 01111101 110101 11111101 111111 11111111 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 391
Words 84
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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When sins occur more frequently and get larger.

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 31, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on October 31, 2023

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