Analysis of Two Escalators
One boy went up who was named Jimmy.
One boy went down named Dave.
They both were tall and skinny,
And usually behaved.
Each chose another way to find
The treasure kids hope for,
But neither cared they left behind
Their friend next to a store.
Each had a plan to reach their goal
Without their friend in sight,
Yet they got nothing but a stroll
As day turned into night.
They reunited at the space
That let the weary rest,
And left not seeing near that place,
A store with "treasure chests".
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 111111110 111111 1101010 0100001 11010111 010111 11011101 111101 11011111 011101 11110101 111011 1010101 110101 01110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on July 05, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 17, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on September 17, 2023
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