Analysis of Whether Right Or Wrong
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Try not to look back at that.
Let it go.
To not hold on.
Try not to look back at that.
Let it go.
To not hold on.
What has happened in the past has gone.
Accept to know it whether right or wrong.
What has happened in the past has gone.
Accept to know it whether right or wrong.
Try not to look back at that.
Let it go.
To not hold on.
Try not to look back at that.
Let it go.
To not hold on.
What has happened in the past has gone.
Accept to know it whether right or wrong.
What has happened in the past has gone.
Accept to know it whether right or wrong.
Try not to look back at that.
What has happened in the past has gone.
Try not to look back at that.
Accept to know it whether right or wrong.
Try not to look back at that.
| Scheme | ABCABC DEDE ABCABC DEDE ADAEA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 111 1111 1111111 111 1111 111000111 0111110111 111000111 0111110111 1111111 111 1111 1111111 111 1111 111000111 0111110111 111000111 0111110111 1111111 111000111 1111111 0111110111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 731 |
| Words | 185 |
| Sentences | 25 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Written on November 10, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on November 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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