Analysis of Although It's Clearly Time To Go



Reason is dupe to feeling and prudence loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your rope still hangs around and you are tied and bound.
Reason is dupe to feeling and caution loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your met still hangs around and you are lost and found.
Reason is dupe to feeling and wisdom loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your shield still hangs around and you are safe and sound.
Reason is dupe to feeling and logic loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your flaw still hangs around and you are heap and mound.
Reason is dupe to feeling and judgment loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your leash still hangs around and you are mutt and hound.
Reason is dupe to feeling and keenness loses ground.
Although it's clearly time to go
your weight still hangs around and you are girth and pound.


Scheme aBaaBaaBaaBaaBaaBa
Poetic Form
Metre 1011110010101 1110111 111101011101 1011110010101 1110111 111101011101 1011110010101 1110111 111101011101 1011110010101 1110111 111101011101 1011110010101 1110111 111101011101 101111001101 1110111 111101011101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 839
Words 156
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 683
Words per stanza (avg) 156
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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