Analysis of Teeth
Spike Milligan 1918 (Ahmednagar, India) – 2002 (Rye, United Kingdom)
English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
English Teeth, Happy Teeth!
Always having fun
Clamping down on bits of fish
And sausages half done.
English Teeth! HEROES' Teeth!
Hear them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them -
Three Cheers for the Brown Grey and Black.
Scheme | ABCBABDBAEFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 10001 01110100 1101001 101101 1101 1011111 010011 101101 11101 11011111 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 328 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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