Analysis of "Dan"



There once was this guy named dan
Who loved to live in his van
But once a day
He went away
To go sit and cool by the fan


Scheme AABBA
Poetic Form Limerick 
Metre 1111111 1111011 1101 1101 11101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 119
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

My friend Dan.

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Written on May 24, 2021

Submitted by s28055531 on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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