Analysis of Matt
Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)
There once was a man named Matt; (named Matt!)
that liked not I fed his cat; (his cat!)
yet even though he writhed
deep down on the inside,
my shoulder with bliss did he pat! (did he pat!)
| Scheme | AAABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 111011111 111111111 110111 111001 11011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 189 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on December 09, 2021
Submitted by robertrad2021 on December 09, 2021
Modified on April 15, 2023
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