Analysis of That Poor Mr. Egg
Joan Elizabeth White 1961 (South Carolina)
That Poor Mr. Egg
That Poor Mr. Egg, What was he think'n?
To go up that high, well he must've been drink'n
See Poor Mr. Egg, was just a shell of a man,
Why he climbed that great wall , I'll never understand!
He climbed to the top, way out on a ledge, he said: Hey, look at me, as he leaned over the edge.
He sat on that wall and waved at all the passers-by
and they waved back at him and I'm sure they wondered
why.
After all who in the world was he try'n to impress
was it his wife, or just another egg in a dress
Reguardless of all of the reasons why, I tell ya for a
egg, he was just to blame high.
For the strong winds, came, he rocked forward then back, that's when I saw him fall, and yes, I heard him crack!
Oh I ran to the scene with my pan and my short little legs , cause I tell ya my friends, noth'ns better
than ham with eggs!
Scheme | X AA XX X BXB CC XB X XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1110111111 111111110111 111011101101 11111111001 11101111011111111111001 1111101110101 011111011110 1 10110011111101 1111110101001 1111010111110 1111111 10111111011111111011111 111101111011101111111110 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
This poem is a twist on a old tale. It is about a Egg who when drinking made a bad choice, though it does not say the egg was drinking. I hope people can find the humor and get the hint about bad choices
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Written on September 15, 1961
Submitted by Elizabeth59 on January 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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