Analysis of Snickerdoodle



'Twas flibbertigibbety, and the zonked-out snooze
Did stumble and bumble through the drowsy dews;
All droopy were the blubberblooms,
And the shivering snozzleflutes too.

Beware the snickerdoodle beast, my friend!
The fangs that bite, the claws that rend!
Beware the jittery jitterbug bug,
And avoid the wrath of the tizzy thug!

He took his flaming sword in hand:
For hours the dreary foe he sought—
Until he rested by the wonky tree,
And pondered what he ought.

And, as he stood in pondering thought,
The snickerdoodle beast, with eyes ablaze,
Came dancing through the foggy plot,
And sang out with a craze!

One, two! One, two! And with a shout
The flaming blade went slice and snout!
He left it slain, and with a grin,
He strutted off, and gave a spin.


Scheme AAAB XBCC XDXD DEXE FFGG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 1100111 11001010101 110001 0010011 0101111 01110111 010100101 0010110101 11110101 110010111 011101011 010111 011101001 0111101 11010101 011101 11110101 01011101 11110101 1110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 759
Words 152
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Always wanted to write a poem in the style of Jabberwocky, one of my all time favorite poems.

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Submitted by JJoyce on March 26, 2023

Modified on March 26, 2023

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