Analysis of Amazing Facts About Food



The Food Scientist tells us: "A deficiency of iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and the other mineral salts, colloids and vitamines of vegetable origin leads to numerous forms of physical disorder."

I yearn to bite on a Colloid
With phosphorus, iron and Beans;
I want to be filled with Calcium, grilled,
And Veg'table Vitamines!

I yearn to bite on a Colloid
(Though I don't know what it means)
To line my inside with Potassium, fried,
And Veg'table Vitamines.

I would sate my soul with spinach
And dandelion greens.
No eggs, nor ham, nor hard-boiled clam,
But Veg'table Vitamines.

Hi, Waiter! Coddle the Colloids
With phosphorus, iron and Beans;
Though Mineral Salts may have some faults,
Bring on the Vitamines.


Scheme x ABxB AbxB xbxb bBxb
Poetic Form
Metre 01100110010011010001001000010100110111001001110011100010 11111010 11001001 1111111001 011 11111010 1111111 11101101001 011 11111110 01001 11111111 111 1101001 11001001 110011111 1101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 711
Words 123
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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