Analysis of Three Little Boys
Three little boys who love to play games
Ryan, Garrett, and Ethan are their names
Out they go to play tag on the lawn
Now it's hide and seek and off they're gone
I come out to find them and look all around
Wait a minute, I hear a sound
It's coming from behind that tree
Perhaps if I'm quiet they won't hear me
I move silently, they don't hear a thing
I'm going to catch them for I'm the monster king
I spring up behind them, "Boo!" I shout
They all start to scream and jump about
Off they run and hide beneath the trampoline
They fear the monster king thinking he is mean
But really I'm not a bad monster you know
It's just that I tripped and stubbed my toe
I tell them I'm sorry I'll not scare them again
Because really all I want is to be their friend
So I take them inside for a snack and a drink
Someday they'll have kids of their own I think
But even then my little boys they'll always be
For I am their father and I love them all three.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH XX II DD |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 110111111 1010010111 111111101 111010111 11111101101 10101101 11010111 0111101111 1110011101 110111110101 111011111 111110101 1110101001 11010110111 11011011011 111110111 111110111101 011011111111 111101101001 111111111 11011101111 111110011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 952 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
something i wrote for my boys years ago.
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