Analysis of A Bad Break
William Thomas Goodge 1862 – 1909
The preacher quoted, and the cranks
Among his congregation smiled,
"How sharper than a serpent's thanks
It is to have a toothless child."
He saw he erred, his eye grew wild,
He frowned upon the mirthful ranks:
"How toothless than a serpent's child
It is to have a sharper's thanks!"
Scheme | ABAB BABA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 01010001 0110101 11010101 11110101 11111111 1101011 11010101 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 291 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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