Analysis of Sit down
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
If I can't sit down in the afternoon
To write a riddle or play a tune...
What's it all about?
If I must rush around like a blue arse fly to get me fortune before I die,
What a miserable soul am I.
If I can't sit here and commune with my heart
Where the hell would I start?
Don't get me wrong I followed those,
But now find them on the nose.
By the way
I love it here
Kicking back with a smoke and a beer.
Knowing that I have a guide
When others think
I am on the slide.
| Scheme | AA X B B CC DD XXX EXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 111110001 110101101 11101 11110110111111100111 101000111 11111010111 101111 11111101 1111101 101 1111 101101001 1011101 1101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 481 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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