Analysis of Not Always Good to be Tall
It was a good day to plant ... they said.
Watermelon seeds went into the ground.
Even food was added ... less than a pound.
The vines grew with more vigor than ever seen.
They were tall and especially green.
Watermelon vines are not supposed to be tall.
They are supposed to be on the ground with big, sweet fruit.
Mine were tall ... grew straight up and ... I got no watermelons at all.
Next year if there is a planting ... the last thing ever to be listened to is what 'they said'.
| Scheme | ABBCCDEDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111111 100110101 1011101101 01111101101 10100101 10011101111 1101111011111 101111011110011 1111101001110111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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