Analysis of Life's Proverbs



A bird in the hand
Is worth more than two in the bush,
What you see
Is what you get.

Puppy love is
Holding hands and a kiss or two,
But to have and hold
Till death do us part.

Age before beauty they say
It's what is inside you that counts,
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
If she is cute, forget the fruit.

Baby, youth,  middle age, or all used up,
Who is the fairest of them all ?
Hand made wrinkles on the face
Declare it - I have lived to tell the tale.

We come from mother and dad,
Sister, brothers are the best of friendships,
It's the love that binds
For a lifetime of memories.

Blood is thicker than water
Through thick and thin,
Family bonds are hand made
And always there for you.

The school of hard knocks
Is who I am,
Jack of all trades
And master of none.

The last frontier
Old age, pain and loneliness,
To conquer all three
Who can do it ?

It's better to give than receive,
It is a gift called a present,
Just give a child a brand new ball
A smile or laugh he gives back.

A rolling stone gathers no moss,
The cobwebs of life will slow it down,
Home is where the heart is
Beyond the stars and through Heaven's gate.


Scheme XXAX BCXX DXDX XEXX XXXX XXXC XXXX XXAX XXEX XXBX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 01001 11111001 111 1111 1011 10100111 11101 11111 1011011 11101111 11001101001 11110101 1011011111 11010111 1110101 0111111101 1111001 1010101110 10111 1011100 1110110 1101 1001111 01111 01111 1111 1111 01011 0101 1110100 11011 1111 11011101 11011010 11010111 0111111 01011011 01111111 111011 010101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,144
Words 262
Sentences 13
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Sayings that create a chuckle or two in your life

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Written on June 09, 2022

Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on June 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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