Analysis of When Someone Reads
When children's books were read to me,
Imagination flew,
Including when I watched TV
With Captain Kangaroo.
He read to all of us each day
And showed the pictures so
We'd learn to love the books that way,
With words that helped us grow.
Some teachers read to us as well;
The love for books a goal.
Creative minds of kids that dwell
On books enrich their soul!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 00101 01011111 11001 11111111 010101 11110111 111111 11011111 011101 01011111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The value of books!
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Written on July 21, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 21, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 21, 2023
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