Analysis of Give A Man



Give a man a cracker
and he's happy
Take away his cracker
and he's sad
Steal away his cracker
and he's angry
Make a man go crackers
and he's had


Scheme ABACABDC
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 0110 101110 011 101110 0110 101110 011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 144
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

Man revolving around food

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Written on February 08, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on February 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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