Analysis of The crazy monkey dance
Take a chance
Take a chance
Do the crazy monkey dance
Beat your chest and jump and holler
Climb a tree like a bird caller
Share bananas with a scholar
Do the crazy monkey dance
It is good exercise
It is good exercise
It is good exercise
It is good exercise
Take a chance
Take a chance
Do the crazy monkey dance
Beat your chest and jump and holler
Climb a tree like a bird caller
Share bananas with a scholar
Do the crazy monkey dance
Take a chance
Take a chance
Do the crazy monkey dance
Beat your chest and jump and holler
Climb a tree like a bird caller
Share bananas with a scholar
Do the crazy monkey dance
| Scheme | AAABBBA CCCC AAABBBA AAABBBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 101 101 1010101 11101010 10110110 10101010 1010101 11110 11110 11110 11110 101 101 1010101 11101010 10110110 10101010 1010101 101 101 1010101 11101010 10110110 10101010 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 586 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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