Analysis of A Nudge



A little nudge so I will budge
To not stay where I am
Is what I hope so I won't mope
And live a life of sham.

Please be a friend who in the end
Will see the help I need
By showing me what I can be
With help so I'll succeed.


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01011111 111111 11111111 010111 11011001 110111 11011111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 224
Words 55
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 27

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Needed Motivation

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Written on November 08, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 08, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on November 08, 2023

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