Analysis of Why 11?
There are eleven syllables in each line
Why is it eleven? It’s not in the name
Ottava means eight although rima means rhymes
If I put ten syllables, isn’t it the same?
If I put twelve syllables, why isn’t it fine?
Why’s it eleven syllables?, I exclaim
Why eleven syllables, I’ll never know
There is really no problem with it although
| Scheme | ABCBABDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010100011 11101011001 11111011 11111001101 11111001111 11010100101 10101001101 1110110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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