Analysis of Broken Window
It wasn't you; it wasn't me,
the football fell down from a tree.
It did not fly from someone's feet,
just playing football in the street.
It wasn't me; it wasn't you,
but next door's window is cracked in two,
but was it aliens from Mars,
that came and broke our neighbours glass?
It wasn't you; it wasn't me,
but Mister Jones is so angry.
We're both looking really glum.
He's going now to tell our mum.
It wasn't me; it wasn't you
When dad gets back, what will he do?
It wasn't me; it wasn't you,
The problem is. . .that it's not true!
Scheme | Aabb Ccxx Aadd CcCc |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011101 0111101 1111111 1101001 11011101 111101101 11110011 11011011 11011101 11011110 1110101 110111101 11011101 11111111 11011101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on March 25, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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