Analysis of Yard Sale
Bill Flatley 1972 (Minnesota)
Goalies when they struggle
Allow muffins through their pillows
They truly need some blockers
Not flamboyant flamingos
Filthy Clapper
Top-shelf or five-hole
Sieve sieve sieve
Gives up another goal
In a barnburner game
Many ginos and celly
Shoot the biscuit at the bucket
But hit him in the belly
Time to call the plumber
To take back control
This becomes a gongshow
If scored another goal
A hoser with good lettuce
Always wants to win
But when he gets Kronwalled
It's off to the sin-bin
Pull off the sweater
Throw a hard whale
A bench-clearing brawl
Becomes a yard sale
| Scheme | ABXB CDXD XAEX CDXD XFEF CGXG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110 01101110 1101110 1010010 1010 11111 111 110101 0011 10101 10101010 1110010 111010 11101 10101 110101 011110 1111 11111 111011 11010 1011 01101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 574 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
This poem is about the greatest sport in the world.
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Written on April 11, 2022
Submitted by billf.21965 on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 24, 2023
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