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 |
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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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