Analysis of Animals Should Train Us
Our pets love enormously without some condition
They passionately please us
for mere recognition
Our pets undertake and fail without discomfiture
They model merit for us
of abiding mixture
Our pets live in the moment without steady regret
They never do begrudge us
even when we beset
Our pets play excitedly without extreme restraint
They wholly entertain us
by acting as a feint
Our pets expose true feeling without silly disguise
They openly embrace us
as an eminent prize
Our pets forgive and forget without secret rancor
They excuse error in us
by being an anchor
Our pets we attempt to train to be like the human
But animals should train us
to have their acumen
| Scheme | ABA CBC DBD EBE FBF CBC ABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110100011010 1100011 11010 1011001011 1101011 101010 10110010011001 1101011 101101 10110100010101 110011 110101 10101110011001 1100011 111001 10101001011010 1011001 110110 10110111111010 1100111 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 646 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 21, 2023
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