Analysis of Ode to Amherst Bear



Where are you now great Amherst Bear?
You wander far without a care
Beneath the stars and moonlit sky
I have yet to stare you in the eye

But someday yet we may meet
Upon a dark and lonely street
Perhaps in the heart of Amherst Village
You may come to rest or pillage
And my eyes will surely pop
As you come to a stop
'Why must you wait upon the line?'
And you will point to the stop sign.
And as you wander past
I know this won't be our last
We will again meet
In about forty feet
For in the Village we have to stop
Unless you are a local cop
At every sign that is there
Even if you are the Amherst Bear!


Scheme AABB CCXXDDEEFFCCDDAA
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 11111101 11010101 0101011 111111001 111111 01010101 0100111010 11111110 0111101 111101 11110101 01111011 011101 11111101 11011 001101 100101111 01110101 11001111 101110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 585
Words 129
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 16
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 235
Words per stanza (avg) 64
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Submitted on January 16, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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