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.


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEFEF GHGH
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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Submitted by dleebown on December 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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