Analysis of Hill Of Beans



What makes new beehives? Who makes the queens?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new empires? Who makes the deans?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new beings? Who makes the genes?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new vistas? Who makes the scenes?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new broaches? Who makes the preens?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new fabrics? Who makes the skeins?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new credits? Who makes the liens?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?

What makes new riches? Who makes the means?
Is it tantamount to a hill of beans?


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 111010111 1111001101 111010111 111101101 111010111 111101101 111010111 111101101 111010111 111101101 111010111 111101101 111010111 111101101 111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 643
Words 128
Sentences 25
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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