Analysis of Ballerina Fable



The prima ballerina was massive by the pound.
Her graceful agility could spectators astound.
She would defy gravity by flitting all around.

One day in a pirouette she screwed into the ground.
With a spinning rotation she became spiral-bound.
Even with excavation she never could be found.

For the casual reader it's certain to confound.
Probable reemergence must wait till she's unwound.
Cenotaphs to her last dance are imaged on a mound.

The ballerina fable forever will abound.
The myth of her departure historians expound.
To some it's superficial to others it's profound.


Scheme AAA AAA AAA AAA
Poetic Form
Metre 010010110101 0100100110001 1101100110101 110001110101 1010010101101 101010110111 1010010110101 1000010111101 1101111101 001010010101 0110010010001 111010110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 564
Words 93
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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