Analysis of Sparky the Cat 



Sparky my cat
He would not do that
He could not drive a car
At least, not very far


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1011 11111 111101 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 92
Words 21
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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