Analysis of Wooloomooloo (A Riddle)
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Here's a ridiculous riddle for you:
How many o's are there in Woolloomooloo?
Two for the W, two for the m,
Four for the l's, and that's plenty for them.
Scheme | ABCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001001011 11011101 1101001101 1101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 160 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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