Analysis of Childhood Musings
Flying kites, turkish delights
and heros made of clay
Sultry nights, grisly affrights
and make believe soiree
Dizzy fights, unhappy plights
and passions on display
Silly spites, delicate slights
and dealings held at bay
City blights, feasible heights
and schoolyard fantasy
Passage rights, cigarette lights
and friendship causerie
Fishing sites, mosquito bites
and well known history
Water sprites, fanciful flights
and far-fetched mystery
© Wallace Dean LaBenne
Scheme | ABAB ABAB ACAX ACAC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011001 010111 101101 010101 1010101 010101 1011001 010111 1011001 01100 101011 0101 1010101 011100 1011001 011100 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on June 17, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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