Analysis of Worrying Habits



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
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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