Analysis of October pumpkins
Andrew Wood 2007 (kilgore)
OCTOBER PUMPKINS
By ANDREW WOOD
6th grade
Carly Riley
Kilgore Middle School
OCTOBER comes and starts the test
as pumpkins head to the patch to rest
From pumpkin seeds, they grow and grow
until the farmer says it’s time to go
With a snip and a cut from the big long vine
with each one hoping someone will soon call them mine
Some travel so far and some stay near
with hopes that children they’ll soon hear
Some they’ll call small
and some they’ll call fat
some they’ll call gourds
But don’t ask me about that
Some will be smooth
Some will be bumpy
Some will have warts
And some will be lumpy
Little ones are perfect for kids and games
Medium ones for carving and bring some
much fame
Large ones are full of slimy guts and seeds, oh my
But give them to mom and she makes a killer pie
When fall is over
The pumpkins will die
But fret or worry
Come next OCTOBER they’ll soon be
alive.
Scheme | XXXAX BB CC DD XX XEXE XAXA XXXFF XFAAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 1101 111 1010 10101 01010101 110110111 11011101 0101011111 10100110111 11110111111 110110111 11110111 1111 01111 1111 1111011 1111 11110 1111 011110 1011011101 1001110011 11 111111010111 111110110101 11110 01011 11110 11010111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 875 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on January 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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