Analysis of Ode on a stool sample

Stool Sample McGillicutty 1955 (Burbsnk)



Roses are red
Violets are blue
What’s that smell?
It’s my uncle’s poo.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1011 10011 011 11101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 78
Words 15
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 13

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Written on March 24, 2023

Submitted by Bbung on March 24, 2023

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