Analysis of Fowl Play
A farmer's child who was so mild
Played Chicken with a hen.
They both ran for an egg before
The other one, but then,
A fox came by who thought he'd try
To grab the tasty egg.
He ran real hard across the yard,
But fell and hurt his leg!
He fell on top. The egg went pop
And the boy and hen then cried,
"Our game is through because of you.
We hope you taste good fried!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011111 110101 11111101 010111 01111111 110101 11110101 110111 11110111 0010111 101110111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on April 25, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 25, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on April 25, 2024
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