Analysis of The Lamp
Ronald Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)
A lamp is for our feet and eyes,
The lamp is charged by electricity we comprise.
If you don’t fall down the steps,
We see the concepts.
With a lamp we can read,
And use our computer indeed.
With a lamp we bright up the room,
But when the bulb pops, boom!
We can clap a lamp on or off,
But it won’t work with a cough.
You can turn it off with a switch,
But it won’t turn off from a spell by a witch.
If a light is grand
Look for one that’ll expand,
Like the milky way,
You can watch the stars play.
If you buy a lamp
Look for a strong amp.
If you dance or sing
You need a light for what it does bring.
Scheme | AAXX XXBB XXCC DDEE FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 011110101 011110100101 1111101 11010 101111 011001001 10111101 110111 11101111 1111101 11111101 11111101101 10111 111101 10101 111011 11101 11011 11111 110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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