Analysis of Never Hungry



"Never hungry, never full" abates the appetite.
"Eat often very little"
is no empty delight.

"Never hungry, never full" keeps stable energy.
"Eat often very little"
is no insurgency.

"Never hungry, never full" sustains a diet plan.
"Eat often very little"
is no flash-in-the-pan.

"Never hungry, never full" upholds a proper weight.
"Eat often very little"
is no vanity plate.

"Never hungry, never full" presents a way to graze.
"Eat often very little"
is no idle catchphrase.


Scheme aBa cBc dBd eBe fBf
Poetic Form
Metre 101010101010 1101010 111001 1010101110100 1101010 110100 1010101010101 1101010 111001 1010101010101 1101010 111001 1010101100111 1101010 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 77
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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