Analysis of The Monster



The Monster
by the bed
Comes at night.

Children cry,
at midnight,
when it comes.

Say goodnight,
The monster
Is hungry.


Scheme Axb xbx bAx
Poetic Form
Metre 010 101 111 101 11 111 11 010 110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 120
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 7

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Submitted by JZubkoff on May 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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