Analysis of Horse Sense 1



"Horse sense" is rather uncommon,
where sound, prudent judgment is shown.
It should not require a shaman
to divine what's already known.

"Horse around" is foolish conduct
with push, shove and joke on display.
Insincere deportment won't construct
foundations for further assay.

"Horse leading" to water is easy,
but difficult to make it drink.
Students and learning may seem breezy,
but knowledge can not make them think.


Scheme ABAB CXCD DEDE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11110010 11101011 11110010 10110101 10111001 11101101 01010101 01011010 110110110 11001111 100101110 11011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 409
Words 67
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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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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