Analysis of Sharing
Shel Silverstein 1930 (Chicago) – 1999
I’ll share your toys, I’ll share your money,
I’ll share your toast, I’ll share your honey,
I’ll share your milk and your cookies too-
The hard part’s sharing mine with you.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111110 111111110 111101101 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
This poem is about the difficulties and realities of sharing with your brother, sister, or anyone.
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Written on January 12, 2023
Submitted by madison.lillo on January 12, 2023
Modified on April 27, 2023
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