Analysis of Forget That!
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Remembering the things, we lost
But O my God at what a cost
Its best to leave the past behind
And look for new things we can find
A little gold under the earth
That God placed there upon our birth
No, not the first, I mean the second
Who’s on third? Now wait a minute!
Back on the field there’s still a play
That you can make to save the day
Dig for the treasure he placed there
And don’t look in your underwear
| Scheme | XXAA BBXX CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01000111 11111101 11110101 01111111 01011001 111101101 110111010 11111010 11011101 11111101 11010111 0110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on September 01, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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