Analysis of Snail
Ho Xuan Huong 1772 (Nghe An) – 1822
Mother and father gave birth to a snail
Night and day I crawl in smelly weeds
Dear prince, if you love me, unfasten my door
Stop, don't poke your finger up my tail!
Scheme | ABCA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011101 101110101 111111111 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 169 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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