Analysis of Family Album



Pictures in the family book.
It's time to take another look.
That's Grandpa Billy when he had his farm.
Yes, and Grandma Sarah holding his arm.

Look at little Mary, isn't she sweet?
Dressed for her First Communion, oh so neat.
Uncle John, when he played football.
Cousin George, standing by a wall.

Daddy Roger, when he returned from the
war in France.
Grandma Trude, teaching children how to
dance.
So many people I don't even know.
Close the book, it's time to go.


Scheme AABB CCDD XEXEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 10001001 11110101 111011111 1010101011 1110101011 1101010111 1011111 10110101 1010110110 101 101101011 1 1101011101 1011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 453
Words 84
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on September 12, 2009

Modified on April 26, 2023

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