Analysis of Rabbit Story
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Our friend, Mr. Romley,
He told the tale homley,
And yet full of fun,
How the Rabbits did run,
In numbers a score,
All around his door.
They were red, black and white,
Their play folks did delight ;
But they got small by degrees,
For the cats did them seise-
All but one big black Rabbit,
He got into the habit
Under ground he would dive-
He long time did survive,
'Till owner, wanting fat pot,
He this great beast then shot.
When police heard the gun,
Full quickly he did run,
In a furious rage ;
But his wrath did as-uage
When he got a quarter
Of the last martyr.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHBBIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 11011 01111 101011 01001 10111 101101 111101 1111101 101111 1111110 1101010 101111 111101 1101011 111111 101101 110111 001001 111111 111010 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 429 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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