Analysis of Belly Laugh



There is so much wonder in a belly laugh.
It could be a blunder or a social gaffe.

There is so much dribble in a belly laugh.
It could be a nibble or a fatted calf.

There is so much written in a belly laugh.
It could be a kitten or a tall giraffe.

There is so much humor in a belly laugh.
It could be a rumor or a photograph.

There is so much banter in a belly laugh.
It could be a canter or a witty chaff.

There is so much delight in a belly laugh.
It could be a topflight or a poor riffraff.

There is so much divide in a belly laugh.
It could be a flipside or a half and half.

There is so much tingle in a belly laugh.
It could be a jingle or a treble staff.


Scheme AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11111000101 11101010101 11111000101 1110101011 11111000101 11101010101 11111000101 1110101010 11111000101 11101010101 11110100101 111011011 11110100101 1110110101 11111000101 11101010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 645
Words 144
Sentences 17
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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