Analysis of It was my turn to cook today
I hammered the steak ‘til it spread out wide
shrinking back again in the pan as it fried.
Along with the chips and red wine to please,
I added the onions, mushrooms and peas.
This was the secret to my meal's success
but it left kitchen in rather a mess!
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1100111111 10101001111 0110101111 1100101001 1101011101 1111001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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