Analysis of The Short Story of Jane and Jonah



"My, oh, my!"
the little boy cried.
"What has happened as I was inside?"

"Why, nothing, really,"
the little girl said.
"The sky is still blue and your truck is still red."

the little boy wondered and thought out loud:
"But how could that be! Something has changed. Am I the only one that sees what has been rearranged?"

"See what?"
the little girl answered, for she was truly confused.

"I am surprised you don't see it!"
the little boy said, amused.
a smile on his lips, caring in his eyes. the little girl couldn't take it! for she wanted to know the surprise.
the little boy bent down and picked a pink rose.
he looked at her in the eyes.
he needed her to know.

he gave her the flower so gingerly and free.

"It's very unmistakable. Why can't you see?"
he looked deeper into her eyes, lost in such bright blues.
"You are so much more beautiful," he blushed "more so than love's muse!"
and innocent love danced away into the sunlight.

and the storybook closed.


Scheme XAA BCC XX XD XDEXEX B BFFX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111 01011 111011101 11010 01011 01111011111 0101100111 1111110111101011111101 11 0101101111001 11011111 0101101 011111001101011011111011001 01011101011 1110001 110011 110010110001 11001001111 1110010110111 111111001111111 010011010101 00101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 939
Words 188
Sentences 25
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 1, 4, 1
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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