Analysis of A shrubbery?



Never be in a rush
To pull out your brush
When you're trimming your bush
Out the front.

Best stay indoors
Keep your brush in your drawers
After all you are no
Cupid stunt!


Scheme AAXB CCXB
Poetic Form
Metre 101001 11111 111011 101 111 111011 101111 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 164
Words 34
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on January 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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