Analysis of Master Of The Table
Deborah LeeBown 1963 (New Orleans)
I am the master of the table
My game is cunning, swift, and sure
Shots long, or short are stable
My confidence will endure
I carefully select my stick
All sanded and smooth to the tip
And guarantee there is a trick
In picking the weight and the grip
Once it's chalked down
And ready to go
I break with precision and ease
And look, hope, and already know
The eight ball will fall in like a breeze
Here's the thereafter I'm waiting for
I kick back and watch as I drink
All the guy's mouths drop to the floor
And I just give them a wink.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101010 11110101 1111110 1100101 11000111 11001101 0011101 01001001 1111 01011 11101001 01100101 011110101 100101101 11101111 10111101 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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