Analysis of Too Tall To Fall
He was hoity-toity,
above them all.
He was high-and-mighty,
too tall to fall.
She was hoity-toity,
belle of the ball.
She was coy-and-flighty,
too tall to fall.
He was hoity-toity,
a know it all.
He was wag-and- snobby,
too tall to fall.
She was hoity-toity,
beyond recall.
She was vain-and-snooty,
too tall to fall.
They were hoity-toity,
sassy with gall.
They were fizz-and-gaudy,
too tall to fall.
| Scheme | AbaB AbaB AbaB AbaB abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111010 0111 111010 1111 111010 1101 111010 1111 111010 0111 111010 1111 111010 011 111010 1111 101010 1011 101010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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