Analysis of Old Vets Are The Worst
Don't care what Caesar said.
They lose their verve
They lack the starch
once their kids can
serve or march
Old vets are the worst kind.
Don't care what Kitchener said..
If in Congo they have been
They get religion
or something akin to it
Won't shoot a four foot man
who's nearly naked
Old vets are the worst kind
Don't care what Sitting Bull said.
Not enough scalp to take
Not enough teeth to magic make
Buttons of brass not silver- gold
Canvas hats not eagled crest
Cannot makem Custer best
Old Vets are the worst.
| Scheme | abcdcEafghdiEajjkllm |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111101 1111 1101 1111 111 111011 1111001 1010111 11010 1100111 110111 11010 111011 1111011 101111 10111101 10111101 101111 101101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 496 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 407 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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