Analysis of Chooch

Russell Anderson 1962 (San Bernardino)



My dog, Chooch
In his 15 years here
His name has had many incarnations

Chooch is a “Chi-Hound”
Chihuahua and Italian Greyhound
More like a Prince than a dog

It started with “Choo-Choo”
I found that kinda lame
A bit inane

So, I shortened that to “Chooch”
That one held
Although, I have often toyed with it

In times of creativity and goofiness
I have created an ad-lib sort of language
A doggy pig-latin

A call him Tooty, Tooty-mas
Choochy, Chooch-mas, Choochy-ma-chits
Choochy-mas-n-shits

Am I the only one who does this?
Is it a sign of borderline……something?
I suspect I am not the only one

One thing is for sure
When Chooch is gone-no time soon, I hope
There will be crying, wailing, and gnashing of teeth


Scheme AXB CCX AXX AXX BXD XXB XXD XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111 0111 1111100010 11011 0100101 1101101 110111 111101 0101 1110111 111 11110111 011010001 110101111110 010110 011111 111111 1111 110101111 110111010 1011110101 11111 111111111 111101001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 759
Words 139
Sentences 3
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

A poem, in free verse. Not so much about my dog, but about my wierd interactions with him, my made-up dog-affection language, and my attachment.

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Written on August 31, 2022

Submitted by rnadc on August 31, 2022

Modified by rnadc on September 11, 2022

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Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson-raised in a small, remote, California town. He is now living out his later years in small-town Oregon. Still gets "Verklempt" by a good, sad song, poem, or testimonial. more…

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