Analysis of June Bug
If I were you
And you were me
How different would we be?
Would an Anteater
In an Aardvark’s body
Still be an Anteater?
A June Bug
And a mosquito
Were eaten by a Blue Jay.
Do the bugs cease to be bugs
Or do they become the bird?
So, what became of what the June Bug ate?
| Scheme | XAA BAB XXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 0101 1100111 1110 01110 11110 011 00010 0101011 1011111 1110101 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 261 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Just a thought about our existence and just what it is that makes up who we are and how we got to be that way.
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Written on August 31, 2021
Submitted by jonesjam on September 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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