Analysis of The Germ
Ogden Nash 1902 (Rye, New York) – 1971 (Baltimore)
A mighty creature is the germ,
Though smaller than the pachyderm.
His customary dwelling place
Is deep within the human race.
His childish pride he often pleases
By giving people strange diseases.
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
You probably contain a germ.
Scheme | AABBCDAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 110101 1100101 11010101 110111010 110101010 1111101 11000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 250 |
Words | 43 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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