Analysis of Mud Fondues



Set the lines and read the signs
and do it so discretely
A kid will make odd designs with cypress vines
and do it so completely

Put the shots and play the slots
and do it so discretely
A kid will make polka dots with blue cumquats
and do it so completely

Hit the marks and save the sharks
and do it so discretely
A kid will make Noah's arks with woody barks
and do it so completely

See the sights and wing the flights
and do it so discretely
A kid will make all delights with greater kites
and do it so completely

Eat the stews and sip the brews
and do it so discretely
A kid will make mud fondues with tacky goos
and do it so completely


Scheme aBaB xBaB cBcB dBdB eBeB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1010101 01111 01111011101 0111010 1010101 01111 0111101111 0111010 1010101 01111 01111011101 0111010 1010101 01111 01111011101 0111010 1010101 01111 01111101101 0111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 618
Words 130
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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