Analysis of The Scorpion
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
The Scorpion is as black as soot,
He dearly loves to bite;
He is a most unpleasant brute
To find in bed at night.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 010011111 110111 11010101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 118 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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