Worrying Habits
Marcus Holley 1992 (London)
Said the human to the rabbit
“What strange behaviours are these?
That you would let yourself go hungry,
With all these younglings mouths to feed?”
To the human
Said the rabbit
“Just as worrying a habit
Is that of strangling your planet
By the way of felling trees”
Said the human to the donkey
“Is it not tiring to be you?
Where you back is wide for loading
But your feet too small for shoes”
To the human
Said the donkey
“Were your loads not packed so wonky
Then I may not fall off balance
And would not feel overused”
Said the human to the magpie
“Why do you thieve my items so?
Just because they’re unattended
And because they gleam of gold?”
To the human
Said the magpie
“There's no need to have an outcry,
If you take umbrage to my lifestyle -
Then keep your items home”.
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Written on 2019
Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | a b c x D a a a b c x e x D c e x x f x x x D f f x x |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 834 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 27 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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