Analysis of Thanksgiving

Bill Robbins 1972 (Sommerville)



A holiday that’s a  time to give thanks,
Not the way to draw blanks.
To eat the bird and get very stuffed,
Then we watch nfl football and get puffed.
The way it is and always will be.
Thanksgiving a time to celebrate thee. Only comes year.
Drink plenty of eggnog and ready to cheer.
The way to spread the way it is.
Of course you know it’s show biz.
Give thanks for what you have and own.
Just like me fully blown.
Drinking lots of beer and wine.
Don’t get to drunk and stay very thine.
Word can pass the ultimate plan.
To hope you understand.
With every content little girl and boy.
Never forget about the little ploy.


Scheme AABBCDDEEFFGGHIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 010101111 101111 110101101 11111011 01110111 100111011011 1101101011 01110111 1111111 11111101 111101 1011101 111101101 11101001 11101 11001010101 1001010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 625
Words 136
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 478
Words per stanza (avg) 121

About this poem

Relates to thanksgiving.

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Written on November 22, 2021

Submitted by Prince3140 on November 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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