Analysis of Short and sweet
Leo Long 1986 (Durban)
I created a poem
like the gingerbread man
Short and sweet
according to plan
Then sat me down
and poured a cup of tea
How we enjoyed that poem
The gingerbread man and me
| Scheme | ABXB XCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1010010 10101 101 01011 1111 010111 1101110 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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