Analysis of A Crayon's Life
A.D. Small 1987 (Indiana)
A Crayon's Life
Prompt: Bring The World To Life!
Do crayon's wear pants too
Do they paint the sunset with a different hue
Do they drink their coffee in the morning
And do they paint it brown
Is life colorless and boring
Or do they have to paint the town
Do they see things in black and white
Or do they have to paint the stars in the sky
Can they see the moon at night
Or do they lay in bed wondering why
If crayon's wore pants too
Would they have one leg or two
Would they paint the sun in tangerines
Or throw in a splash of yellow
Would they paint the grass in different shades of green
And would it all be done by the same fellow
Would they be kind in their pastel life
Or would they be angry and mad
Would they paint the edges on every knife
Or would they be bitter and sad
I'd like to think they'd be happy inside
They'd have lots of love far and wide
would they always live inside of the box
Or be risky and live on the edge
Would they run around without socks
Or just wear one instead
I would like them to paint my world
With brilliant pinks and gold
I would watch as the colors are swirled
And see the beauty unfold
If crayon's did wear pants too
Would they be in colors of red or blue
Would they kiss their children before bed
And will they love theirselves
Would they have colorful dreams in their head
As I place their box on the shelf
A.D. Small
January 21, 2021
Scheme | A A BBCDCDEFEFBBXGXGAHAHIIJXJKLMLMBBKXKX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 110111 11111 11101101001 1111100010 011111 11100010 11111101 11110101 11111101001 1110111 1111011001 11111 1111111 11101010 11001110 111010100111 01111110110 111101011 11111001 11101011001 11111001 1111111001 11111101 111101101 111001101 11101011 111101 11111111 110101 111101011 0101001 111111 1110101111 111110011 01111 1111001011 11111101 11 100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,380 |
Words | 285 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 36, 2 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 272 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted by amberp.35129 on December 23, 2021
Modified by amberp.35129 on January 20, 2024
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