Analysis of There Was a Dog
There was a dog who owned by a frog
That ran and hopped each day.
He did not know which way to go,
Since he'd been raised that way.
He thought it wise to eat some flies
Just like his "Daddy" had,
But in his haste, he found the taste
Would never make him glad!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111101 110111 11111111 111111 11111111 111101 10111101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on May 05, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on May 05, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on May 05, 2024
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