Analysis of Of Otters
Otter-fellow sleek-brown
swimmer-swift whiskered
frown and quick-eye
chasing fishes-tasty
in sparkling-waters
fine and bright ~
A joyful-day when
otter-kind find belly-full
at darking-time
in sleeping-bed
till morning-light
when fishes swim
in waters-bright ~
| Scheme | ABCBDBEFGBBHB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 1011 1011 101010 01010 101 01011 1011101 111 0101 1101 1101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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