Analysis of Oh...Nuts!



If I had a wish
That would in fact come true,
I'd not ask for fish!

You might think I'm nuts
To waste a wish that way,
But I love peanuts!

When I am in a nice store,
I always buy some more.


Scheme AXA BXB CC
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 110111 11111 11111 110111 11110 1110011 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 191
Words 50
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 14

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Written on September 06, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 06, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on September 06, 2023

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