Analysis of Runny Johnny, Pork and Beans
Runny Johnny, pork and beans.
Had a wife that was his queen.
She couldn't bear his funky smell.
So she pushed him deep in the well.
When he returned, he smelled like hell.
He told her she was mean.
Right before, he ripped out her spleen.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1011111 11011101 11111001 11011111 110111 10111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 252 |
Words | 48 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on January 18, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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