Analysis of Gertrude and Heathcliff, wings flapping
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
Red Skelton had a sense of humour that was never rude, harmful, profane or lewd.
Two seagulls flying over Atlantic
Some distance offshore
From Massachusetts.
One spots down below
An immense cruise ship.
Look, down there
It’s the Ship of Fools.
Well how do you know that?
They’re looking up.
Giggle giggle
Crowd roars.
| Scheme | X XXXXXXXXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011111101100111 111010010 11011 1010 11101 10111 111 10111 111111 1101 1010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 9, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 20, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 20, 2023
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