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 |
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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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