Analysis of The Nine Answer Key



Nine Answer Key
by DeDe A. Reid

We go left to right like the beat of a drum.

Open both palms and bow the left thumb.

Each finger take a bow, and you will see;
with ten fingers you get a NINE answer key.

The finger that bow have to separate,
to help you find the secret left and right matching mate.

In this order we shall learn,

By taking a BOW, each finger 1 through 9 get a turn.

Keep your hands open with palms up in your face.

Count and write them off slowly.
But the left thumb starts the race.

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine

When you get to the right thumb that’s a TEN !
Your fine.

Multiplied by 9 you get the matching mate to perfection.

Try your fingers out again.
Now you see the secret from the left and right reflections?

As you can see, your fingers are like a dictionary in a spelling bee,
But you can only get to ninety with "The Nine Answer Key."


Scheme AX B B AA CC D D E AE FXAXXXFCG HG F HX AA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1101 11111101101 101101011 1101010111 11101101101 010111110 1111010101101 0110111 110011101101 11110111011 1011110 1011101 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1111011101 11 1011101011010 1110101 11101010101010 111111011010000101 111101110101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 906
Words 216
Sentences 16
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 9, 2, 1, 2, 2
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 13

About this poem

DAR note: This poem is a multipication riddle rhyme, about the number nine.

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Submitted by ReidBellini on April 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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