Analysis of The Spider's Web



The spider's web is woven,
a shinning, sticky thread of lies;
inviting prey into it's coven,
while hidden, the spider spies.

Lies, strung together so well,
exposed during the light of day;
but in darkness, does the spider dwell,
waiting to suck upon it's prey.

In darkness the web is hidden,
the spider lies in wait to feed;
a safe passage now forbidden,
to fulfill the spider's glutinous need.

The fatal flaw, you should see,
the spider feeds on smaller prey;
quite a bit smaller than a bee,
the web of lies is strong you say.

But larger prey rips holes in the web,
and the spider's worried work is paid;
I am much larger, you see, in the ebb,
flowing along, and truth is my RAID!


Scheme ABAB CDCD AEAE FDFD GHGH
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 011110 0110111 010101110 1100101 1101011 01100111 101010101 10110111 01001110 01010111 01101100 1010111 0101111 01011101 10110101 01111111 110111001 00110111 1111011001 100101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 683
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on January 10, 2015

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Gabriel McBride

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