Analysis of Hole in my Pocket



There's a hole in my pocket
  It's about as big as you
  It's 5 foot 10
  And wears alligator shoes

I tried to fill it

But no one else fit


Scheme XXXX A A
Poetic Form
Metre 1010110 1011111 11 011001 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on January 25, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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