Analysis of It Was to Be That Way
He has a nose that nearly froze!
And have you heard about his toes?
If I say why, you might just cry
And ask me did it make him die!
To which I'd say, no not today.
I guess it was to be that way!
It might just be, that he could see
His tanning was insanity!
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11011101 01110111 11111111 01111111 11111101 11111111 11111111 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
Silliness in poetic form.
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Written on May 01, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on May 01, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on May 01, 2024
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