Analysis of Not Funny Anymore
Wanted to become a comic
Instead of jokes I wrote poetry
Silly observations of scenes bucolic
Intended humor ended up poetically
People often forget a joke
A poem they'll remember forevermore
Now poems my pen will only stroke
As a poet I'm not funny anymore
| Scheme | ABAB CBCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10101010 011111100 1001011010 010101010100 10100101 01010101 110111101 1010111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Poetry is nothing to laugh about.
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Written on July 06, 2023
Submitted on July 06, 2023
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