Analysis of Porridge
Spike Milligan 1918 (Ahmednagar, India) – 2002 (Rye, United Kingdom)
Why is there no monument
To Porridge in our land?
If it's good enough to eat,
It's good enough to stand!
On a plinth in London
A statue we should see
Of Porridge made in Scotland
Signed, "Oatmeal, O.B.E."
(By a young dog of three)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111100 1100101 1110111 110111 101010 01111 1101010 111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 232 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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