Analysis of Roosting
In the old hen house
The rooster naps contently
While the brood chatters
| Scheme | ABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 00111 01011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 70 |
| Words | 13 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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