Analysis of Pity Poor Harold
pity poor harold the green slimy frog
who crawls through the mire and hops
in the bog.
his appearance is horrid his face is
obsurd..poor harold wishes he looked
like a bird.
so if you see harold give a kiss not
a wince,
how do you know? he might turn into
a prince!
| Scheme | ABACDEFGHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1011001101 1110101 001 1010110111 1101011 101 1111101011 01 111111101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on September 05, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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