Analysis of Happy Birthday Mom
Criss F Rosenlof 1969 (Utah)
Once there was a woman young,
In '69 she bore a son.
Years gone by, as if by fate,
She's known by Mom, Gran and Great!
From her son, this message flew...
Happy Birthday, Mom, to you!
© Criss F. Rosenlof 3/20/2013
-Written for my mom for her birthday.
| Scheme | XX AA BB XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1110101 01101 1111111 1111101 1011101 101111 111 10111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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