Analysis of Hamster Combustion
My hamster got out of its cage
And hid inside the microwave
But my dad turned it on
To heat filet mignon!
And the guts were scraped into a grave
| Scheme | ABCDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11011111 0101010 111111 110110 001010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 144 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
Just a poem about the tragic finale to a skittish hamster's life. Maybe a little gruesome.
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Written on April 25, 2022
Submitted by DStiesi on May 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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