Analysis of Lament '23

Jerry Wayne Lawrence, Jr. 1978 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)



Invent What Causes Utter Content.
Constant N My Steadfast.
Cost Of Living, Cost Of Dying.
Crying Phantoms Over Lost Causes.
Pauses N The Night.
Lament.


Scheme ABCDEA
Poetic Form
Metre 011101010 10111 11101110 101010110 10101 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 151
Words 30
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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Just Thinking.

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Written on August 03, 2023

Submitted by jerrywlawrence2666 on August 03, 2023

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Jerry Wayne Lawrence, Jr.

A Poet 4 Some Years Just Trying 2 Get What I Do Out There 2 Bring Some Enjoyment 2 Life. more…

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