Analysis of Absent minded Professor



A professor took to the college a toad,

In his lunch bag he had it stored;

During his demonstration and speech,

He held out a grilled sandwich!

Wondering, for lunch, did he eat the toad?


Scheme A X X X A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 00101101001 01111111 10101001 1110110 1001111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 190
Words 43
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 7

About this poem

This Poem is in Limerick form. The 5 lines say it all about an absent minded professor.

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Written on October 01, 2022

Submitted by prakash_m on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Prakash F Madhwani

Writer from Bangalore, India. Have contributed in the past. Received a Bronze medal too years ago. more…

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