Analysis of Chugalug



Eat until your belly aches.
Drink until you drown.
Chugalug until you shrug: munch, wolf and bolt-down.
Dance until your feet recoil.
Flounce until you sway.
Boogie-hop until you drop: skip, bounce and sashay.
Act until your ruse explodes.
Play until you break.
Masquerade until you fade: snap, crack and forsake.
Run until your lungs collapse.
Sprint until you pant.
Hurry past until you cast: halt, shed and recant.
Sing until your voice abates.
Croon until you croak.
Yodel call until you crawl: hum, drone and invoke.
Live until your spirit quits.
Breathe until you tire.
Persevere until you cheer: clap, praise and admire.


Scheme ABBCDEFGGHIIJKKLMN
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 10111 1011111011 1011101 10111 10101111101 1011101 10111 01011111001 1011101 10111 101011111001 1011101 10111 101011111001 1011101 101110 001011111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 610
Words 104
Sentences 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 492
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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