Analysis of Accidents
There once was a lady from Guam,
Who said, "Now the sea is so calm
I will swim, for a lark";
But she met with a shark.
Let us now sing the ninetieth psalm.
| Scheme | AABBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11101011 11101111 111101 111101 111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 151 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 03, 2023
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