Analysis of The Time I Like Best
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
The time I like best is 6am
when the snow is 6 inches deep
which I'm yet to discover
'cause I'm under the covers
fast, fast asleep.
| Scheme | ABCDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 0111111 1011101 1111010 1110010 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 127 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on July 25, 2020
Modified by RobertHaigh on July 25, 2020
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