Analysis of A Penguin
Oliver Herford 1863 (Sheffield) – 1935
THE Pen-guin sits up-on the shore
And loves the lit-tle fish to bore;
He has one en-er-vat-ing joke
That would a very Saint provoke:
'The Pen-guin's might-i-er than the sword-fish';
He tells this dai-ly to the bored fish,
Un-til they are so weak, they float
With-out re-sis-tance down his throat.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 01011111 11110111 11010101 0111101011 111111011 11111111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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