Analysis of A Dull Eyed Rattlesnake That Lay
Joaquin Miller 1837 (Indiana) – 1913 (Oakland)
A dull eyed rattlesnake that lay
All loathsome, yellow-skinned, and slept,
Coil'd tight as pine-knot, in the sun
With flat head through the center run,
Struck blindly back.
| Scheme | ABCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 0111011 11010101 11111001 11110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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