Analysis of Trigger Happy
Don't jump the gun, it might go off
And scare away the crowd,
But not before they glare and scoff
At you for being loud.
How dare you interrupt their day.
It wasn't what they planned!
It doesn't matter what you say,
For they won't understand.
Just put the gun back where it goes
And don't use it too soon,
Because your trigger finger shows
You're itching for High Noon.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011111 010101 11011101 111101 1110111 110111 11010111 11101 11011111 011111 01110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on May 14, 1998
Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 12, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on June 12, 2023
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