Analysis of "Up and down”
The first time is always the best,
Jump better than the rest.
And a large stride,
And a fun ride,
Putting ability to the test.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 0111101 110101 0011 0011 100100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 126 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Referencing to the long jump and also the hurdles.
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