Analysis of A Quatrain
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
A quatrain fills a little space,
Although it's pretty small,
And oftentimes, as in this case,
It has no point at all.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0110101 11101 0101011 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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