Analysis of We Monkeys



Some monkeys hang so upside-down by tail
And fly from branch to branch as if to hail
Free-spirited, enthusiastic with their kind
Oblivious to other monkey tribes so blind…
Now naturalists come to study those apes
Take their pictures and get their grunts on tapes
An irritant, a scare, a cage
Remaining monkeys fearful, enraged
When their habitat is interrupted
With source of food now corrupted
In our reflection we see the monkey's last dance
Stripped of old freedom's - never had a chance
What right to interrupt their love life
Or if the brute now has third wife
No more to forage for his food
And spend his life exhibit in the nude


Scheme AABBCCDEFFGGHHII
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111111 0111111111 11000010111 010011010111 11000111011 1110011111 11000101 010101001 11101010 11111010 010010110111 1111010101 11101111 11011111 11110111 0111010001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 622
Words 114
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted by arthurweil on October 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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