Analysis of Another Fish Story
"You did that on porpoise!"
Said Gus to his friend.
"A whale of a tale, Gus.
I never did offend.
You shore-ly do jest."
But Gus was current-ly
Coast-ing with duress.
"I now quite unhappily
See how easily you cave!
So, if 'island' on you,
Between the many waves,
What would you say and do?"
| Scheme | ABAB XXXX XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 111110 11111 011011 110101 11111 111101 11110 1110100 1110011 111011 010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 293 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Silliness
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Written on July 26, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 27, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 27, 2023
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