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 |
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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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