Analysis of Three Legged Dog”



As I was walking about
I came across
a three legged dog
he was behind a fence...

He barked as is if to say hello
that he was doing just fine
that he could do everything
a four legged dog could do
he did not view himself
as handicapped

He barked and wagged his tail
he didn't say life wasn't fair
I think he was trying to say
he's just like any other dog...

I stopped and pet his head
and began to think
this three legged dog
does better than most
two legged people..
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Scheme XXAX XXXXXX XXXA XXAXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Metre 1111001 1101 01101 110101 111111101 1111011 111110 0110111 111101 110 110111 11011101 11111011 11110101 110111 00111 11101 11011 11010 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 462
Words 100
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by Kenpo2021 on May 30, 2021

Modified by Kenpo2021 on May 30, 2021

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Ken Carroll

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