Analysis of The Outlaw
There was a new outlaw out west.
Thicker in his head, than his chest.
He pulled out his gun.
His belt he had none.
Soon all he had on was his vest.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 1101111 10011111 11111 11111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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