Analysis of Bad

N. Botton 2008 (Boca Raton)



Playing basketball in gym
My ball hit the rim
Never again will I play
Ashamed on the floor I lay
I’ll say I injured a limb


Scheme AABBA
Poetic Form Limerick  (80%)
Cinquain  (60%)
Metre 101001 11101 1001111 0110111 1111001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 124
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Mr. Bender Period 1

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Written on May 02, 2022

Submitted on May 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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