Analysis of The Great Outdoors
Robert St-Laurent 1951 (Hull)
Mosquito bites and black fly itch
Poison ivy by the ditch
Loon calls keep me up at night
Spiders take another bite
Leaky tents on dampened ground
What made that frightening snarling sound?
And this is why I abhor
What some call the great outdoors
| Scheme | AABBCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010111 1010101 1111111 1010101 1011101 111100101 0111101 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
About this poem
Dedicated to Dave Luck, inspired by a conversation with him about a family camping trip.
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Written on August 14, 2021
Submitted on August 17, 2021
Modified on April 28, 2023
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