Analysis of PLATYPUS

Tony Burrett 1942 (Lumding)



Duck Billed Platypus tell me, what ever are you
You're not just a creature that's found in a zoo
We know that you're Aussie thru and thru
But other than that, we haven't a clue

You're bill is so duck-like, you're webbed feet are too
But  you don't swim on top like the other ducks do
You're furs like a mammal, but you lay eggs to
Platypus, platypus, what ever are you

For worms and for crayfish you grub in the goo
On you're claw there's are poison
For threats against you
Your family? The Echidna, there's only you two
Duck billed platypus tell me, what ever are you


Scheme Aaaa aaaa axaaA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111011 11101011001 111110101 1101111001 11111111111 111111101011 11101011111 101011011 11011011001 1111110 11011 1100001011011 11101111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 570
Words 111
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 37

About this poem

I was boasting to my daughter that I could write a poem about any animal, the more unusual the better, and she said "okay, how about the platypus?" Took a while, but this is what I came up with:

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Written on August 10, 1993

Submitted by tonyburrett101142 on July 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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