Analysis of The Baker
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
I'd like to be a baker, and come when morning breaks,
Calling out, 'Beeay-ko!' (that's the sound he makes)
Riding in a rattle-cart that jogs and jolts and shakes,
Selling all the sweetest things a baker ever bakes;
Currant-buns and brandy-snaps, pastry all in flakes;
But I wouldn't be a baker if ...
I couldn't eat the cakes.
Would you?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010011101 1011110111 1000101110101 1010101010101 11010110101 111010101 110101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 339 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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