Analysis of Selfish



There was a selfish man who had
A very selfish boy,
And everyone thought it was sad
That they did not enjoy

The giving and the sharing which
So many others do,
Because such kindness helps enrich
Their lives and others too.

The neighbors tried for many days,
But never could persuade
Those two to ever change their ways
Despite all efforts made.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 11010111 010101 0101111 111101 01000101 110101 01110101 110101 01011101 110101 11110111 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 347
Words 70
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Written on August 24, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 24, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 24, 2023

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