Analysis of You Don't Know 2



If you don't know how to make love
you could love and get the shove.

If you don't know which end is up
you could be a wounded pup.

If you don't know rules of the game
you could lose praise and acclaim.

If you don't know the etiquette
you could be the roster cut.

If you don't know the candidate
you could pick a reprobate.

If you don't know what seeds to sew
you could marijuana grow.

If you don't know your doctor well
he could doctor up your bill.

If you don't know the exercise
you could find shocking surprise.

If you don't know your own limits
you could see some deficits.

If you don't know your own way home
you could wander off to roam.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF XX GG XX HH
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11111111 1110101 11111111 1110101 11111101 1111001 11110100 1110101 11110100 1110100 11111111 110101 11111101 1110111 1111010 1111001 11111110 1111100 11111111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 624
Words 128
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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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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