Analysis of Silly Billy, Silly Me
My little Billy was so silly
On one October day.
He climbed a tree so he could see
An object far away.
I asked him why the big blue sky
Was interesting to
His little eyes; to my surprise
He said that he could view
A tall giraffe and so I laughed.
But he would only smile.
And so I tried to see if I'd
Missed it and in awhile
As I rechecked the sky a neck
Appeared in a tall cloud,
When I began a youthful scan;
Pretending dreams endowed.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD XEXE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110101110 110101 11011111 110101 11110111 11001 11011101 111111 01010111 111101 01111111 110001 11010101 010011 11010101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Youthful Imagination
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Written on October 09, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 09, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on October 09, 2023
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