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 |
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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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