Analysis of Enough Already !



They say the art of giving
is knowing just how to receive
I also suggest that part of the art
of giving….is knowing what not to leave

Now between us we’ve surely commemorated
every conceivable occasion in life
with gifts of every price and dimension
for each child, pet, husband and wife

We’ve struggled with just how to tell you,
no one else will, so I’m doing it myself
we don’t want anymore knick-knacks or doo-dads
that have to go on the floor, wall, or shelf

We’re totally and completely out of space                        
we’ve no room to spare anymore
so for our sake please give up your giving
of anything that goes on the shelves, walls, or floor

no baubles, no “some little somethings”
no “thinking of you” mementos at all
for God’s sake we’re crammed in like sardines
with your crap on our shelves, floor, and walls


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD XEAE XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Metre 1101110 11011101 1100111101 1101101111 10111100100 100010001001 11110010010 11111001 110111111 1111111011 1110111111 1111101111 01000010111 1111101 11101111110 11011101111 11011101 1101101011 111010101 1111101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 836
Words 149
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on 2003

Submitted by Snodeel on July 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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