Analysis of Dog Medicine

Mim Isaac 1983 (Georgia)



Dog Medicine
I stepped outside into the chill
white world to begin a day's work of chores Enthusiasm hit me in the form of
a cheerful pup

Suzie Q wagged her tail so fast
 back and forth, round and round
Running in circles around my tall boots
her back legs wiped out from under her
Tan eyebrows slid up in surprise
she wriggled back to standing position
I was sure I saw a blush on her face
 “Idiot” I would have told myself if
I had been the pup
 doing the tail-wagging

Wild happy movements and
begging for attention never slowed down
Perhaps Suzie doesn’t know how to moderate wagging for icy terrain.
I only wish I kept ‘friending’ that energetically even after I looked a complete fool


Scheme AXXB XXXXXAXXBX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1100 11110101 11101011110100110011 0101 10110111 101101 1001001111 011111100 1111001 111110010 1111101101 100111111 11101 100110 110100 1010101011 011011111001011001 1101111101001010110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 715
Words 144
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 10, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 183
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Written on November 10, 2022

Submitted by mimjo1983 on November 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mim Isaac

Ranchers wife and mother to four children and four dogs in northern Saskatchewan. more…

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