Analysis of Begum Spider and The Hurricane
Sitting on her silken strands,
Spinning with her busy hands,
Begum Spider heard the wind
Knocking at the Doors of Hind.
"What a racket!" Begum said,
Slapping hand upon her head.
"Go!" she said, "And scare some flies!
I'm no humble sacrifice!"
"You're crazy!" boomed the Hurricane,
"No insect can be so insane!
I'll blow you and your webby home
All the way from here to Rome!"
Begum Spider turned her back
Scoffing at the wind's attack,
"Do your worst, you rattle snake!
For I won't let my castle break!"
Said the chastened Hurricane,
Wheezing tamely down the lane,
"You can turn and keep your net.
One like you, I've never met!"
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE FFGG DDHH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1010101 1010101 110101 1010111 101011 1010101 1110111 111010 1101010 1111101 1110111 1011111 110101 110101 1111101 11111101 101010 101101 1110111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on October 30, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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