Analysis of You're A Raven



You're a tiger. You're a cat.
You're a stalker in combat.

You're a rabbit. You're a hare.
You're a steady love affair.

You're a cobra. You're a snake.
You're a killer on the take.

You're a gibbon. You're an ape.
You're an artist of escape.

You're a raven. You're a bird.
You're a hunter in a herd.

You're a thresher. You're a shark.
You're a panic by remark.

You're a rodent. You're a rat.
You're a foodie for all fat.

You're a person. You're a child.
You're a hobo in a wild.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF AA GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1010101 1010010 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 92
Sentences 25
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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