Analysis of Best Friends

Jill Johnson 1961 (Pocatello, Idaho)



Hippo and the Dodo were two peas in a pod
They were best friends, though it seemed rather odd

They loved the same music, and movies, and food
They loved their parents and showed gratitude

Though hippo was large and Dodo quite small
It didn’t seem to bother them any at all

Hippo would carry Dodo on his large flat head
And Dodo would sing to Hippo in bed

Oh, what a friendship, oh, what a treat
People would cheer when they walked down the street

Though few understood it, even fewer complained
For theirs was a friendship that one could


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE XX
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 100010011001 1011111101 11011001001 111100110 1101101011 11111011011 101101011111 0101111001 110101101 1011111101 11011101001 111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 528
Words 101
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by jillyjohn on March 07, 2021

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Jill Johnson

Jill is school teacher and children's ministry director who has been working with kids for 40 years. She loves to make fun "Dr. Seuss" type rhymes and loves to share them with her grandchildren. more…

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