Analysis of The Blacksmith And His Horseshoes
All the shoemakers in the Shire
Never make shoes except for hire.
Shoes are made lacking thread and leather,
With all four elements mixed together:
Fire, Earth, Water and Air;
But every customer takes two pair.
| Scheme | ABBBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010001 101101110 111101010 1111001010 1011001 1100100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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