Analysis of I met a man
Stephanie Lynn Smith 1948 (Seattle, WA)
I met a man called Sam,
he was a tall, lean, and handsome man.
We met near a brook he loved so well
He asked me to an eatery. and
I shyly said "yes".
I met a man called Sam.
In a year and a day we wed.
Oh, what a life we had Sam and I
and our three sons.
I met a man called Sam.
Today he rests on a hill
near the brook, he loved so well.
| Scheme | Axbxx Axxx Axb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 110110101 111011111 111111000 11011 110111 00100111 110111101 01011 110111 0111101 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
This is a story about courtship from beginning to end.
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Written on January 07, 2021
Submitted by youngeryou on January 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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