Analysis of Q
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
I join the queue
We move up nicely.
I ask the lady in front
What are queuing for.
'To join another queue,'
She explains.
'How pointless,' I say,
'I'm leaving.' She points
To another long queue.
'Then you must get in line.'
I join the queue.
We move up nicely.
| Scheme | AB xxax xxax AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11110 1101001 11101 110101 101 11011 11011 101011 111101 1101 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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