Analysis of Many Experts Give Advice



Many cops enforce the law that they seldom follow.
Patrols serve as a seesaw
though they're often hollow.
Many mentors teach a course that they seldom follow.
Lessons serve as a resource
though they're often hollow.
Many doctors prescribe cure that they seldom follow.
Treatments serve as an allure
though they're often hollow.
Many clerics preach virtue that they seldom follow.
Sermons serve as a curfew
though they're often hollow.
Many parents define play that they seldom follow.
Cautions serve as a waylay
though they're often hollow.
Many experts give advice that they seldom follow.
Tactics serve as a device
though they're often hollow.


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 628
Words 104
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 524
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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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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