Analysis of Meowing

David Plantinga 1972 (Sherbrooke)

Limerick
Impatient, a lion will roar
And kitty’s meowing at the door,
Because paws are fumbling;
At doorknobs it’s grumbling.
Once launching a robin can soar.  

Scheme AABBA
Poetic Form Limerick 
Metre 01001011 011101 0111100 1101100 11001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 158
Words 29
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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A limerick about how cats are always meowing at the front door.

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Submitted by DavidPlantinga on March 11, 2024

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