Analysis of SERVICE DOGS ARE FAMILY TOO!



I had a friend in my family I was close too
He was not human, he was a dog
He could roll over and lay like a log
Coppertop was a friend indeed
Now just to me but to my wife he would be happy to please
Copper was friendly to every one that he would meet
Liked to pose for his pictures also, even for ones that he never knew yet would greet
But do not mess with his daddy
that is what I was to him
He could growl with the best and that smile could turn into a snarl and a snap
But he would never bit just scare until you said I am sorry and that smile would just flair
He brought many smiles to other faces throughout his life
Not just to me or my wife
The whole world lost a friend the day he died
But our loss was the angels gain to have a new found guide.


Scheme ABBCDEEFGHIJJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011001111 111101101 1111001101 110101 111111111111011 10110110011111 111111010101111101111 11111110 1111111 111101011110101001 1111011101111110011111 11101110100111 1111111 0111010111 110110101110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 756
Words 164
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 590
Words per stanza (avg) 164

About this poem

This is about a dog that became a service dog after the Gulf war in 91. He was a good dog and knew what I needed when I needed it. This tells a story about what he was like.

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Written on August 10, 2023

Submitted on September 10, 2023

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Daniel Rankin

I am an American who once served in the military and was educated through the Montgomery bill and earned a degree in history, English, math and science. It helped me to teach and stretch the imagination of 12 years of children for seven years. more…

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