Analysis of A TRIP TO THE PARK (Poem #31)
Dad says, “It's Sunday, let's take a drive.”
We'll go to the park, the one with the slide.
So Mom and Dad and we children three
Hop in the car shouting out with glee.
Down the winding road, it's not all too far.
We ride along between the trees in our car.
Then we arrive at an opening so big and wide
With swings from the trees, a sea-saw and glide.
We can't wait to exit the car and run free.
A day at the park is just what we need.
A lake's in the middle and we see some boys fishing.
“The Big One” is what we're sure they are wishing.
The stream of water turns into a brook,
And we hop on the stones for a closer look.
Be careful! Dad says as he heard the water rumble
Before head over heals into the brook you tumble.
Soon we are all gathering down by the car,
And a wonderful day we had without going far.
© copyright 1997 by Jean E. Gorney
Scheme | XA BB CC AA BX DD EE FF CC B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 1110101101 110101101 100110111 1010111111 110101010101 1101111001101 1110101101 11111001011 0110111111 0100100111110 01111111110 0111010101 01110110101 1101111101010 0111010101110 11111001101 0010011101101 1011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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