Analysis of Moe (a limerick)
I once saw a skeeter named Moe
dining alfresco on the tip of my toe
I gave him a whack
His dinner went splat
Now there’s no skeeter no Moe
| Scheme | AABCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 11101011 101101111 11101 11011 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 136 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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