Analysis of A Day at the Zoo
Kim Spivey 1957 (New York)
See the elephant walking back and forth.
Pacing in the dirt, saying "Cool me some more."
The tiger is feasting on a slab of meat.
Gnawing and chewing, getting stuck between his teeth.
A giraffe over there! Oh, so tall.
It's tongue grabbing leaves before they fall.
There's monkey business going on from tree to tree.
Jumping, hanging, skipping, what a sight to see.
Black bears are dancing, reaching high in the air.
I am so happy to see them all there.
| Scheme | ABCDEEFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010010101 10001101111 01011010111 100101010111 001101111 111010111 110101011111 10101010111 11110101001 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 350 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
About this poem
Describes the great joy we as humans can experience with seeing animal life.
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