Analysis of Laugh and Cry
When my cow, begot a calf,
I laughed and laughed on that behalf.
What a pretty boy, he bright!
That no one likes to lose from sight.
But, I must now cry to safe,
Dad sold him to the butcher's knife...
| Scheme | AABBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 11011101 1010111 11111111 1111111 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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