Analysis of Worrying Habits
Marcus Holley 1992 (London)
Said the human to the rabbit
“What strange behaviours are these?
That you would let yourself go hungry,
With all these younglings mouths to feed?”
To the human
Said the rabbit
“Just as worrying a habit
Is that of strangling your planet
By the way of felling trees”
Said the human to the donkey
“Is it not tiring to be you?
Where you back is wide for loading
But your feet too small for shoes”
To the human
Said the donkey
“Were your loads not packed so wonky
Then I may not fall off balance
And would not feel overused”
Said the human to the magpie
“Why do you thieve my items so?
Just because they’re unattended
And because they gleam of gold?”
To the human
Said the magpie
“There's no need to have an outcry,
If you take umbrage to my lifestyle -
Then keep your items home”.
Scheme | a b c x D a a a b c x e x D c e x x f x x x D f f x x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 11111 111101110 1111111 1010 1010 11100010 111100110 1011101 10101010 11110111 11111110 1111111 1010 1010 0111111 11111110 011101 1010101 11111101 10110010 0011111 1010 101 1111111 11110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 834 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 27 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
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Written on 2019
Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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