Analysis of "I Can Count On My Toes"



I can count on my toes.
As I count the numbers go up.
When I reach 100 I strike a pose.
I can count on my toes.
As the numbers go on, I doze.
Sometimes I get thirsty so I reach for a cup.
I can count on my toes.
As I count the numbers go up.


Scheme ABaAabAB
Poetic Form Triolet 
Metre 111111 11101011 1111101 111111 10101111 011110111101 111111 11101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 235
Words 57
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 57

About this poem

I just like counting on my toes, and that's what inspired this poem.

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Submitted by s28026813 on June 10, 2021

Modified on April 13, 2023

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