Analysis of What About Man?
Save the ducks, save the whales
Save the turtles, save the snails
Save the birds, save the bees
Save the forest, save the trees
Save the bear, clean the air
There''s pollution everywhere!
Save the deer, please don''t shoot
Save the owl, who gives a hoot
Save the monkey, save the mink
Save the condor, who''s almost extinct
Save the mouse, forget the house!
Where do we draw the line?
Save the water, save the earth
But what about man? what is he worth?
Scheme | AA BB CC DD XX XX EE |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 101101 1010101 101101 1010101 101101 101010 101111 1011101 1010101 10101101 1010101 111101 1010101 110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on September 26, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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