Analysis of Rocking Bones
Oh goodness please stop those geriatric bands
From throwing concerts when they should be retired
Wrinkles on foreheads and bell-bottoms everyone understands
Is a sign social security payments expired
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101110101 11010111101 101101101001 1011001001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Old poetry reads better on rocking chairs.
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Written on December 21, 2023
Submitted on December 21, 2023
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