Analysis of Grin
They let him out of
The nuthouse to
Go for a walk.
He didn't argue,
He didn't squawk.
It gave him time to
Think about his crime;
When he used to drink,
And dribble gin
Down his chin,
He got mad and
Killed his kin.
That's his sin;
That's why they
Put him in.
But even today,
It still gives him
A little grin.
Scheme | ABCBCBDEFFGFFHFHIF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 011 1101 11010 1101 11111 10111 11111 0101 111 1110 111 111 111 110 11001 1111 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 290 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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