Analysis of Big Red Wagon



Driving a muscled truck, once dreamed of as a boy:
half-ton, short-bed pick-up,
the "big red wagon" toy.

The powerful engine hauling what's on the books:
side-step with flare fenders,
a beauty... and she cooks.

Sitting high and mighty, looking past every car:
ruling over traffic
like emperor or czar.

No other vehicle can take so much command:
for versatility
the truck is in demand.

More than a mere work-horse, play and tasks side-by-side,
a constant companion
giving an owner pride.


Scheme AXA BXB CXC DXD EXE
Poetic Form
Metre 100101111101 111111 011101 010010101101 111110 010011 1010101011001 101010 110011 110100111101 10100 011001 110111101111 010010 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 472
Words 81
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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