Analysis of There Is No Recall




There Is No Recall

If you can't make something right make nothing to thwart.
 Once you have missed the flight there is no resort.

If you can‘t give something peace give nothing to war.
 Once you have shorn the fleece there is no restore.

If you can't bake something hot bake nothing to burn.
 Once you have tied the knot there is no return.

If you can't do something kind do nothing to hurt.
 Once you have duped the blind there is no revert.

If you can't craft something good craft nothing to mourn.
 Once you have chopped the wood there is no reform.

If you can't say something nice say nothing at all.
 Once you have thrown the dice there is no recall.


Scheme A BB CC DD EE XX AA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 111110111011 11110111101 111110111011 11110111101 111110111011 11110111101 111110111011 11110111101 111110111011 11110111101 111110111011 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 650
Words 124
Sentences 12
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on October 30, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace LaBenne

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