Analysis of "I Can Count On My Toes"
I can count on my toes.
As I count the numbers go up.
When I reach 100 I strike a pose.
I can count on my toes.
As the numbers go on, I doze.
Sometimes I get thirsty so I reach for a cup.
I can count on my toes.
As I count the numbers go up.
| Scheme | ABaAabAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triolet |
| Metre | 111111 11101011 1111101 111111 10101111 011110111101 111111 11101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
About this poem
I just like counting on my toes, and that's what inspired this poem.
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