Analysis of Rainbow



There was a
Rainbow today;
It was colorful
And bright.
It stayed quite
A while;
It was an
Awesome sight.
I tried to go
Over it;
But I knew it
Wasn't easy.
I got part
Way once;
But it made me
Feel too queasy.


Scheme ABCDDEFDGHHIJKII
Poetic Form
Metre 110 101 11100 01 111 01 111 101 1111 101 1111 1010 111 11 1111 1110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 192
Words 44
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted by g_d on June 29, 2014

Modified on April 27, 2023

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