Analysis of The Boy And The Dragon



There once was a dragon who lived far
away in a big cave near the sea. If
anyone came too close to the cave, the
dragon would scare them away with glee.
The dragon blew fire with a mighty
force, all ran from the dragon afraid,
of course. The dragon was happy by the
sea so blue, friendly too, but no one
knew. One day a young boy walking
through, passed by the cave to fix his
shoe. All of a sudden he heard a sound,
the dragons fire was all around. The
young boy saw the dragon in rage, he
ran for the rocks not far from the cave.
The dragon looked at the boy and smiled,
for the dragon knew he was only a child.
The boy looked up at the dragon and said,
please don't blow your fire at me. Let's
be friends, you and me, so we both can
enjoy the beautiful blue sea.


Scheme ABCDDECFGHICDJKKLMND
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111010111 0100111011 101111010 101110111 0101101010 111101001 1101011010 111101111 11101110 11101111 1110101101 0101011010 111010011 110111101 010110101 10101111001 0111101001 111110111 111011111 01010011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 746
Words 158
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 584
Words per stanza (avg) 158
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Submitted on September 15, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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