Analysis of apple pie



there once was a guy
who loved apple pie
he ate and ate
until he felt great
he sat on a stool
and felt like a fool
he went on a diet
and drank lots of spite
now he lost his frown
and no longer he is the town clown


Scheme AABBCCDEFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11101 11101 1101 01111 11101 01101 111010 01111 11111 011011011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 204
Words 50
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 25, 2023

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