Analysis of Don’ts and don’t lets

Len Lewis 1943 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)



Don't let anything,
That anyone else does,
Make you do anything
You wouldn't otherwise have done.
Don't let anything,
That anyone else says,
Make you say anything
You wouldn't otherwise have said.
And don't let anything,
Anyone else enjoys,
Make you wish for anything
You would not otherwise have wished for.
But don't forget anyway;
That you deserve to get
The best of what there is to get,
As long as you remain within the boundaries
Of the laws of state and church


Scheme AbacAdaeafaghiijk
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11011 11110 1101011 1110 11011 11110 1101011 01110 10101 111110 11110111 110110 110111 01111111 111101010100 1011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 451
Words 83
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 368
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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