Analysis of Tea Talk
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
'Excuse me if I sit on you,' the cup said to the saucer.
'I fear I've been here all the afternoon.'
'Spare excuses,' said the saucer; 'you have sat on me before, sir.'
'Oh, I'll stir him up directly,' said the spoon.
'Stop your clatter! Stop your clatter!' cried the bread-and-butter platter
'Tittle-tattle!' sneered the tea-pot, with a shrug;
'Now, the most important question is my chronic indigestion.'
'Ah, you've taken too much tannin,' jeered the jug.
'Hey, hey, hey!' sang the silver-plated tray,
'It's time you had your faces washed. I've come to clear away!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111110111010 111111001 1010101011111011 11111010101 1110111010101010 10101011101 101010101110010 1110111101 1111010101 11111101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 414 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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