Analysis of Propinquity Needed
Celestine Silvousplait Justine de Mouton Rosalie,
A coryph�e who lived and danced in naughty, gay Paree,
Was every bit as pretty as a French girl e'er can be
(Which isn't saying much).
Maurice Boulanger (there's a name that would adorn a king),
But Morris Baker was the name they called the man I sing.
He lived in New York City in the Street that's labeled Spring
(Chosen because it rhymed).
Now Baker was a lonesome youth and wanted to be wed,
And for a wife, all over town he hunted, it is said;
And up and down Fifth Avenue he ofttimes wander�d
(He was a peripatetic Baker, he was).
And had he met Celestine, not a doubt but Cupid's darts
Would in a trice have wounded both of their fond, loving hearts;
But he has never left New York to stray in foreign parts
(Because he hasn't the price).
And she has never left Paree and so, of course, you see
There's not the slightest chance at all she'll marry Morris B.
For love to get well started, really needs propinquity
(Hence my title).
Scheme | AXAX BBBC DDAX EEEX AACX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0010101110100 011110101011 1100111010111011 110101 01100101110101 11010101110111 11011100011101 100111 11010101010111 01011101110111 010111011101 11000101011 01110010101111 10011101111101 11110111110101 0111001 0111011011111 11010111110101 11111101011 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,148 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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